Where does “Nár” come from?

Nár (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic nawiz, from Proto-Indo-European neh₂wis, from Proto-Indo-European neh₂u-, from Proto-Indo-European néh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- — to swim; to float.

Nár (Old Norse): name of a dwarf

Definitions

  1. name of a dwarf

Ancestry of “Nár”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnawizcorpse
2Proto-Indo-Europeanneh₂wiscorpse
3Proto-Indo-Europeanneh₂u-death; death; corpse; ship, boat
4Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂usboat
5Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₂-to swim; to float

Words derived from “Nár”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European néh₂us →Every word from Proto-Indo-European neh₂u- →