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Where does “kýr” come from?
kýr (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse kýr, from Proto-Germanic *kōz — cow.
kýr
(Icelandic): cow
Definitions
cow
Ancestry of “kýr”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Norse
kýr
cow
2
Proto-Germanic
*kōz
cow
Words derived from “kýr”
kúalubbi
mjólkurkýr
kýrauga
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