Where does “loftslagsbreyting” come from?

loftslagsbreyting (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic loftslag, from Icelandic lag, from Old Norse lág, from Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

loftslagsbreyting (Icelandic): climate change

Definitions

  1. climate change

Ancestry of “loftslagsbreyting”, step by step

loftslagsbreyting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic loftslag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicloftslagclimate
2Icelandiclaglayer; stratum; tune, song
3Old Norselága felled tree; log; lying tree
4Old Norseleggjato lay, place, put; to make, build
5Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Icelandic breyting

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbreytingchange, alteration
2Icelandicbreytavariable; to change something, to modify...
3Proto-Germanicbreutanąto destroy, crush, break
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewd-to break
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lagjaną →Every word from Old Norse leggja →