Where does “hvítmaðra” come from?

hvítmaðra (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic hvítur, from Old Norse hvítr, from Proto-Germanic hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos — bright; shine; shine; bright.

hvítmaðra (Icelandic): slender bedstraw (Galium normanii)

Definitions

  1. slender bedstraw (Galium normanii)

Ancestry of “hvítmaðra”, step by step

hvítmaðra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic hvítur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandichvíturwhite
2Old Norsehvítrwhite
3Proto-Germanichwītazwhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytosbright; shine; shine; bright

via Icelandic maðra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmaðrabedstraw, galium plant of the genus
2Old Norsemaðra—
3Proto-Germanicmadarǭmadder
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmodʰro-—
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