Where does “grunnendurlífgun” come from?

grunnendurlífgun (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic endurlífgun, from Icelandic -un, from Icelandic -an, from Old Norse -an, from Proto-Germanic -ōniz, from Proto-Germanic -niz, from Proto-Indo-European -nis.

grunnendurlífgun (Icelandic): basic life support

Definitions

  1. basic life support

Ancestry of “grunnendurlífgun”, step by step

grunnendurlífgun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic endurlífgun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicendurlífgunresuscitation
2Icelandic-un"Forms nouns from verbs denoting the action or...
3Icelandic-an
4Old Norse-anUsed to derive nouns from class 2 weak verbs;...
5Proto-Germanic-ōnizForms abstract nouns from weak class 2 verbs
6Proto-Germanic-nizForms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nis

via Icelandic grunn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicgrunnindefinite accusative singular of grunnur
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nisEvery word from Icelandic -unEvery word from Old Norse -an