Where does “vöttur” come from?

vöttur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse vǫttr, from Proto-Germanic wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European wondʰnú-, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

vöttur (Icelandic): a glove, a mitten

Definitions

  1. a glove, a mitten

Ancestry of “vöttur”, step by step

vöttur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse vǫttr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevǫttrglove, mitten
2Proto-Germanicwantuzglove, mitten
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwondʰnú-glove
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via Old Norse váttr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseváttrevidence, witness
2Proto-Germanicwahtazspeech
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwokʷtosvoice, speech
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “vöttur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wondʰnú- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wantuz →
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