dyravörður
Icelandic
noun
Definitions
- doorkeeper, porter
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse dyrvǫrðr inherited from Proto-Germanic *durawardaz compound from Icelandic dyr (door) + Icelandic vörður (guard, defender, watchman).
Origin
Icelandic
vörður
Gloss
guard, defender, watchman
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
💂 💂♀️ 💂♂️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *durawardaz Proto-Germanic
- duruweard Old English
- dūru Old English
- weard Old English
- dyrr Old Norse
- dyrvǫrðr Old Norse
- vǫrðr Old Norse
- bakvörður Icelandic
- dyr Icelandic
- lífvörður Icelandic
- markvörður Icelandic
- miðvörður Icelandic
- vörður Icelandic
- 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 Gothic