Where does “unnur” come from?
unnur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse uðr, from Proto-Germanic unþī, from Proto-Indo-European unt-.
unnur (Icelandic): wave
Ancestry of “unnur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | uðr | a wave |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | unþī | wave |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | unt- | — |