Where does “safírblár” come from?

safírblár (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic blár, from Old Norse blár, from Old Norse bý, from Proto-Germanic biją, from Proto-Germanic bijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

safírblár (Icelandic): sapphire coloured

Definitions

  1. sapphire coloured

Ancestry of “safírblár”, step by step

safírblár traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic blár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicblárblue
2Old Norseblárblue, often denoting a dark colour, blue-black,...
3Old Norsebýbee
4Proto-Germanicbiją—
5Proto-Germanicbijǭbee
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via Icelandic Safír

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IcelandicSafírsapphire
2Frenchsaphirsapphire
3Latinsapphīrusa blue gem from the east, probably the lapis lazuli
4Ancient Greekσάπφειροςsapphire
5Hebrewסַפִּיר—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bijǭ →Every word from Proto-Germanic biją →