Where does “hnöttóttur” come from?

hnöttóttur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic -óttur, from Old Norse -óttr, from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz.

hnöttóttur (Icelandic): round, spherical

Definitions

  1. round, spherical

Ancestry of “hnöttóttur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandic-ótturset with a pattern or characterized by a certain...
2Old Norse-óttrsuffix used to create adjectives, meaning more or...
3Proto-Germanic-uhtaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz →Every word from Old Norse -óttr →Every word from Icelandic -óttur →