Where does “kjarnorkuslys” come from?

kjarnorkuslys (Icelandic) comes from Faroese kjarnorka — nuclear energy.

kjarnorkuslys (Icelandic): nuclear accident

Definitions

  1. nuclear accident

Ancestry of “kjarnorkuslys”, step by step

kjarnorkuslys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Faroese kjarnorka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesekjarnorkanuclear energy

via Icelandic slys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicslysaccident
Every word from Faroese kjarnorka