Where does “nammigrís” come from?

nammigrís (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic grís, from Old Norse gríss, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaną — to shudder, to shake.

nammigrís (Icelandic): a sweet tooth; someone with fondness for candy and who eats significant amounts of it

Definitions

  1. a sweet tooth; someone with fondness for candy and who eats significant amounts of it

Ancestry of “nammigrís”, step by step

nammigrís traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic grís

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicgríspiglet; pig; a lucky guess
2Old Norsegríssyoung pig, piglet
3Proto-Germanic*grīsanąto shudder, to shake

via Icelandic nammi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicnammicandy
Every word from Proto-Germanic *grīsaną →Every word from Old Norse gríss →Every word from Icelandic grís →