Where does “mýrakalda” come from?

mýrakalda (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic mýri, from Old Norse mýrr, from Proto-Germanic miuzī, from Proto-Germanic meusą.

mýrakalda (Icelandic): malaria

Definitions

  1. malaria

Ancestry of “mýrakalda”, step by step

mýrakalda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic mýri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmýrimarsh, swamp, bog
2Old Norsemýrrmoor, swamp, bog
3Proto-Germanicmiuzī—
4Proto-Germanicmeusą—

via Icelandic kalda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandickalda—
Every word from Proto-Germanic meusą →Every word from Proto-Germanic miuzī →Every word from Old Norse mýrr →