Where does “Suðreyjar” come from?

Suðreyjar (Old Norse) comes from Old Norse ey, from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚢᛃᚢ, from Proto-Germanic awjō, from Proto-Germanic agwjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — water.

Suðreyjar (Old Norse): the Hebrides, Sodor

Definitions

  1. the Hebrides, Sodor

Ancestry of “Suðreyjar”, step by step

Suðreyjar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse ey

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseeyalways, ever; island
2Proto-Norse*ᚨᚢᛃᚢ—
3Proto-Germanicawjōfloodplain; meadow; island
4Proto-Germanicagwjō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

via Old Norse suðr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesuðrsouth; southern; southwards
2Proto-Germanicsunþrąsouth; south, southward
3Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun

Words derived from “Suðreyjar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic agwjō →Every word from Proto-Germanic awjō →
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