Where does “veitingahús” come from?

veitingahús (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic veiting, from Icelandic veita, from Old Norse veita, from Proto-Germanic *waitijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *woyd-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

veitingahús (Icelandic): restaurant

Definitions

  1. restaurant

Ancestry of “veitingahús”, step by step

veitingahús traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic veiting

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicveitingprovision, granting
2Icelandicveitato grant, to offer
3Old Norseveita
4Proto-Germanic*waitijanąto cause to know, to show
5Proto-Indo-European*woyd-éye-ti
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Icelandic hús

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandichúshouse
2Old Norsehúshouse
3Proto-Germanichūsąhouse
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-Every word from Proto-Indo-European *woyd-éye-tiEvery word from Proto-Germanic *waitijaną