eyland
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- island
Etymology
Compound from Old Norse ey (island, luck, river, heavenly aid) + Old Norse land (land)inherited from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*awjōlandą
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Edenfield English
- Jersey English
- land Norwegian Bokmål
- øy Norwegian Bokmål
- *aiwaz Proto-Germanic
- *awjō Proto-Germanic
- *awjōlandą Proto-Germanic
- *landą Proto-Germanic
- land Norwegian Nynorsk
- øy Norwegian Nynorsk
- iegland Old English
- land Old English
- tūn Old English
- īeġ Old English
- īġland Old English
- Finnland Old Norse
- Frakkland Old Norse
- Grikkland Old Norse
- Grœnland Old Norse
- Saxland Old Norse
- Suðreyjar Old Norse
- Vestmannaeyjar Old Norse
- ey Old Norse
- eyjamaðr Old Norse
- eyjóttr Old Norse
- land Old Norse
- landaurar Old Norse
- landsmegin Old Norse
- meginland Old Norse
- indenlands Danish
- udenlands Danish
- ey Icelandic
- eyja Icelandic
- land Icelandic
- land Faroese
- oy Faroese
- oyggj Faroese
- land Old Swedish
- öy Westrobothnian
- alond Old Frisian
- eiland Old Frisian
- ālond Old Frisian
- land Old Danish
- land Elfdalian