Where does “unnur” come from?

unnur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse uðr, from Proto-Germanic unþī, from Proto-Indo-European unt-.

unnur (Icelandic): wave

Definitions

  1. wave

Ancestry of “unnur”, step by step

unnur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse uðr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseuðra wave
2Proto-Germanicunþīwave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanunt-—

via Old Norse unnr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseunnra wave
Every word from Proto-Indo-European unt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic unþī →Every word from Old Norse uðr →