Where does “morgunverður” come from?
morgunverður (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic morgunn, from Old Norse morgunn, from Proto-Germanic *murginaz, from Proto-Indo-European merkʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.
morgunverður (Icelandic): breakfast
Ancestry of “morgunverður”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | morgunn | a morning |
| 2 | Old Norse | morgunn | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *murginaz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | merkʷ- | dark; to blink, twinkle; to flicker, twinkle,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |