Where does “hvönn” come from?
hvönn (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse hvǫnn, from Proto-Germanic hwannō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwenHdʰ-.
hvönn (Icelandic): angelica
Ancestry of “hvönn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | hvǫnn | angelica |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | hwannō | angelica |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwenHdʰ- | — |