Where does “Báleygr” come from?

Báleygr (Old Norse) comes from Old Norse bál, from Proto-Germanic bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Báleygr (Old Norse): the one with flaming eyes (a heiti for Odin)

Definitions

  1. the one with flaming eyes (a heiti for Odin)

Ancestry of “Báleygr”, step by step

Báleygr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse bál

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebálfire
2Proto-Germanicbēląfire; pyre
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Old Norse eygr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseeygrhaving eyes of a certain kind
2Old Norseaugaeye
3Proto-Germanicaugôeye
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bēlą →
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