Where does “trójuhestur” come from?

trójuhestur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic hestur, from Old Norse hestr, from Proto-Germanic hangistaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱanḱest-.

trójuhestur (Icelandic): a Trojan horse, a hollow wooden horse in which...

Definitions

  1. a Trojan horse, a hollow wooden horse in which...

Ancestry of “trójuhestur”, step by step

trójuhestur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic hestur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandichestura horse; a horse, a pommel horse, a vaulting...
2Old Norsehestrhorse
3Proto-Germanichangistazhorse, stallion
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱanḱest-—

via Icelandic Trója

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IcelandicTrójaTroy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱanḱest- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hangistaz →Every word from Old Norse hestr →