Where does “keisaraviður” come from?

keisaraviður (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic keisari, from Old Norse keisari, from Middle Low German keiser, from Old High German keisar, from Indonesian kaisar, from Dutch keizer, from Middle Dutch keiser, from Old Dutch keiser — hair.

keisaraviður (Icelandic): Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

Definitions

  1. Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

Ancestry of “keisaraviður”, step by step

keisaraviður traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic keisari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandickeisariemperor, czar
2Old Norsekeisariemperor
3Middle Low Germankeiseremperor
4Old High Germankeisaremperor
5Indonesiankaisaremperor; empress
6Dutchkeizeremperor
7Middle Dutchkeiser—
8Old Dutchkeiseremperor
9Proto-Germanickaisarazemperor
10LatinCaesarJulius Caesar; emperor
11Latincaesariesor hair
12Proto-Indo-Europeankéysero-hair

via Icelandic viður

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicviðurtrees or brambles collectively; forest, wood;...
2Old Norseviðrwood; Alternative form of við
3Proto-Germanicwiduzwood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwidʰu-forest, wood; tree, beam
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