Where does “tengdasonur” come from?

tengdasonur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic sonur, from Old Norse sonr, from Proto-Germanic sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suhnús.

tengdasonur (Icelandic): son-in-law

Definitions

  1. son-in-law

Ancestry of “tengdasonur”, step by step

tengdasonur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic sonur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsonurson
2Old Norsesonrson
3Proto-Germanicsunuzson
4Proto-Indo-European*suhnús—

via Icelandic tengdir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandictengdirrelations by marriage
2Old Norsetengðir—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *suhnús →Every word from Proto-Germanic sunuz →Every word from Old Norse sonr →