Where does “heilafruma” come from?

heilafruma (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic heili, from Old Norse heili, from Proto-Germanic hailia-.

heilafruma (Icelandic): brain cell

Definitions

  1. brain cell

Ancestry of “heilafruma”, step by step

heilafruma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic heili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicheilia brain
2Old Norseheilibrain
3Proto-Germanichailia-—

via Icelandic fruma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicfrumaa cell
Every word from Proto-Germanic hailia- →Every word from Old Norse heili →Every word from Icelandic heili →