Where does “mýramaðra” come from?

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

mýramaðra (Icelandic): common marsh bedstraw (Galium palustre)

Definitions

  1. common marsh bedstraw (Galium palustre)

Ancestry of “mýramaðra”, step by step

mýramaðra 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 maðra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmaðrabedstraw, galium plant of the genus
2Old Norsemaðra—
3Proto-Germanicmadarǭmadder
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmodʰro-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic meusą →Every word from Proto-Germanic miuzī →Every word from Old Norse mýrr →