Where does “hlynur” come from?

hlynur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse hlynr, from Proto-Germanic hluniz — maple.

hlynur (Icelandic): maple tree of the genus

Definitions

  1. maple tree of the genus

Ancestry of “hlynur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehlynrmaple
2Proto-Germanichlunizmaple
Every word from Proto-Germanic hluniz →Every word from Old Norse hlynr →