Where does “vöðvamikill” come from?
vöðvamikill (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic mikill, from Old Norse mikill, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
vöðvamikill (Icelandic): muscular
Ancestry of “vöðvamikill”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | mikill | large in quantity or number; much; great |
| 2 | Old Norse | mikill | great, tall of stature; great, large, in bulk or... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *mikilaz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |