Where does “mýrelfting” come from?

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

mýrelfting (Icelandic): marsh horsetail (Equisetum palustre)

Definitions

  1. marsh horsetail (Equisetum palustre)

Ancestry of “mýrelfting”, step by step

mýrelfting 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 elfting

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicelftinghorsetail plant of the order Equisetales
Every word from Proto-Germanic meusą →Every word from Proto-Germanic miuzī →Every word from Old Norse mýrr →