Where does “stærðfræði” come from?

stærðfræði (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic stærð, from Old Norse stœrð, from Proto-Germanic stōriþō, from Proto-Germanic stōraz, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-ro-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

stærðfræði (Icelandic): mathematics

Definitions

  1. mathematics

Ancestry of “stærðfræði”, step by step

stærðfræði traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic stærð

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicstærðsize; measure; quantity, value
2Old Norsestœrð—
3Proto-Germanicstōriþō—
4Proto-Germanicstōrazbig, large; strong
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-ro-large, big, thick; old
6Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via Icelandic fræði

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicfræðiscience, studies; inflection of fræða: ##...
2Old Norsefrœði—
3Proto-Germanicfrōdį̄wisdom, understanding
4Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “stærðfræði”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-ro- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stōraz →