Where does “kúalubbi” come from?

kúalubbi (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic kýr, from Old Norse kýr, from Proto-Germanic *kōz — cow.

kúalubbi (Icelandic): birch bolete

Definitions

  1. birch bolete

Ancestry of “kúalubbi”, step by step

kúalubbi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic kýr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandickýrcow
2Old Norsekýrcow
3Proto-Germanic*kōzcow

via Icelandic lubbi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandiclubbi—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *kōz →Every word from Old Norse kýr →Every word from Icelandic kýr →