Where does “herklæði” come from?
herklæði (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic hér, from Old Norse hér, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti, from Proto-West Germanic kwidu — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
herklæði (Icelandic): armour
Definitions
- armour
Ancestry of “herklæði”, step by step
herklæði traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic hér
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | hér | here |
| 2 | Old Norse | hér | here |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hē₂r | here, in this place |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 5 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 6 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 7 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Icelandic klæði
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | klæði | cloth; clothes; first-person singular active... |
| 2 | Old Norse | klæði | — |
| 3 | Old Frisian | klāth | cloth |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | klaiþą | cloth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gleyt- | to cling to, cleave, stick |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gley- | to glue, paste, stick together; to glue, stick... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |