Where does “viðhorf” come from?
viðhorf (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic horf, from Icelandic horfa, from Old Norse horfa, from Proto-Germanic hwurbōną — to turn, veer.
viðhorf (Icelandic): attitude, opinion
Ancestry of “viðhorf”, step by step
viðhorf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic horf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | horf | course direction of travel |
| 2 | Icelandic | horfa | look, aspect; outlook; to look, to watch |
| 3 | Old Norse | horfa | to turn in a certain direction; to look in a... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hwurbōną | to turn, veer |
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 “viðhorf”