Etymology Explorer › Old Norse

Where does “vǫlr” come from?

vǫlr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic waluz, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.

vǫlr (Old Norse): a rounded staff

Definitions

  1. a rounded staff

Ancestry of “vǫlr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwaluzstaff, stick
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-—

Words derived from “vǫlr”

  • volva
  • Völuspá
  • volvate
  • völva
  • Völuspá
  • Völuspá
  • Völuspá
  • völva
  • vølve
  • völva
  • Völuspá
  • vǫlva
  • Vǫluspá
  • völu-
  • vǫlv-
  • vølva
  • gval
  • bröstgval
  • bakvāl
  • gvalfall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēl- →