Where does “laugamaðra” come from?
laugamaðra (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic laug, from Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic laugō, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.
laugamaðra (Icelandic): fen bedstraw (Galium uliginosum)
Definitions
- fen bedstraw (Galium uliginosum)
Ancestry of “laugamaðra”, step by step
laugamaðra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic laug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | laug | bath, pool; hot spring, warm spring, a naturally... |
| 2 | Old Norse | laug | bath; hot spring; first-person singular past... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | laugō | bath, wash; soap, lye |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | lewh₃- | to wash |
via Icelandic maðra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | maðra | bedstraw, galium plant of the genus |
| 2 | Old Norse | maðra | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | madarǭ | madder |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | modʰro- | — |