Where does “sængurver” come from?

sængurver (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic vér, from Icelandic vör, from Old Norse vǫrr, from Proto-Germanic weruz, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

sængurver (Icelandic): a duvet cover, a cover to a continental quilt

Definitions

  1. a duvet cover, a cover to a continental quilt

Ancestry of “sængurver”, step by step

sængurver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic vér

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IcelandicvérFirst person plural pronoun; we; A formal term of...
2Icelandicvörlip
3Old Norsevǫrrlip; a pull of the oar
4Proto-Germanicweruzlip
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Icelandic sæng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsængbed; duvet, continental quilt
2Old Norsesænga late variant of sæing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →