Where does “Arnhǫfði” come from?

Arnhǫfði (Old Norse) comes from Old Norse ǫrn, from Proto-Germanic arô, from Proto-Indo-European er- — eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...

Arnhǫfði (Old Norse): Odin, literally “the eagle-headed one”

Definitions

  1. Odin, literally “the eagle-headed one”

Ancestry of “Arnhǫfði”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseǫrneagle
2Proto-Germanicarôeagle
3Proto-Indo-Europeaner-eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European er- →Every word from Proto-Germanic arô →Every word from Old Norse ǫrn →