Where does “ö” come from?

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

ö (Swedish): island

Definitions

  1. island

Ancestry of “ö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishøa letter of the Old Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script
2Old Norseeyalways, ever; island
3Proto-Norse*ᚨᚢᛃᚢ—
4Proto-Germanicawjōfloodplain; meadow; island
5Proto-Germanicagwjō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

Words derived from “ö”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ →