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
- a Trojan horse, a hollow wooden horse in which...
Ancestry of “trójuhestur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | hestur | a horse; a horse, a pommel horse, a vaulting... |
| 2 | Old Norse | hestr | horse |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hangistaz | horse, stallion |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱanḱest- | — |