Where does “mýrasef” come from?
mýrasef (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic mýri, from Old Norse mýrr, from Proto-Germanic miuzī, from Proto-Germanic meusą.
mýrasef (Icelandic): northern green rush (Juncus alpinoarticulatus)
Definitions
- northern green rush (Juncus alpinoarticulatus)
Ancestry of “mýrasef”, step by step
mýrasef traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic mýri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | mýri | marsh, swamp, bog |
| 2 | Old Norse | mýrr | moor, swamp, bog |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | miuzī | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | meusą | — |
via Icelandic sef
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | sef | rush; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Old Norse | sef | sedge, rush |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sipōną | to drop, fall, drip, trickle |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | seyb- | to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,... |