Where does “konar” come from?

konar (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse -konar, from Old Norse konr, from Proto-Germanic kuniz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

konar (Icelandic): kind, type

Definitions

  1. kind, type

Ancestry of “konar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-konar—
2Old Norsekonrdescendant; kind
3Proto-Germanickunizoffspring; descendant; son
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kuniz →Every word from Old Norse konr →