Where does “viðbót” come from?
viðbót (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic bót, from Old Norse bót, from Proto-Germanic bōtō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰed- — to improve, make better.
viðbót (Icelandic): addition
Ancestry of “viðbót”, step by step
viðbót traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic bót
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | bót | betterment, improvement, cure; patch; bight,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | bót | cure; bettering, remedy |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | bōtō | improvement, betterment; recompense, atonement |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰed- | to improve, make better |
via Icelandic við
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | við | we, nominative plural form of the personal... |
| 2 | Old Norse | við | withy, withe; collar; against; towards, against |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wiþr- | against |
Words derived from “viðbót”