Where does “melasól” come from?

melasól (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic sól, from Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōl.

melasól (Icelandic): Arctic poppy (Papaver radicatum)

Definitions

  1. Arctic poppy (Papaver radicatum)

Ancestry of “melasól”, step by step

melasól traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic sól

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsólthe sun; sun
2Old Norsesólsun
3Proto-Germanic*sōl—

via Icelandic melur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmelurgravel bed, gravel plain; small hillock made of...
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