vindr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *windaz, whence also Old Saxon and Old English wind, Old High German wint, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (winds). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

Noun

vindr m

wind

Derived terms

vindauga

Descendants

Danish: vind
Faroese: vindur
Icelandic: vindur

Norwegian Bokmål: vind
Norwegian Nynorsk: vind
Swedish: vind

References

vindr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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