Where does “viðskeyttur boðháttur” come from?

viðskeyttur boðháttur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic viðskeyttur, from Icelandic við, from Old Norse við, from Proto-Germanic wiþr- — against.

viðskeyttur boðháttur (Icelandic): the imperative mood with the pronouns þú sg or...

Definitions

  1. the imperative mood with the pronouns þú sg or...

Ancestry of “viðskeyttur boðháttur”, step by step

viðskeyttur boðháttur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic viðskeyttur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicviðskeyttursomething that is suffixed, something that is...
2Icelandicviðwe, nominative plural form of the personal...
3Old Norseviðwithy, withe; collar; against; towards, against
4Proto-Germanicwiþr-against

via Icelandic boðháttur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicboðhátturimperative, imperative mood
Every word from Proto-Germanic wiþr- →Every word from Old Norse við →Every word from Icelandic við →