ey
Icelandic
/eiː/
noun
Definitions
- island
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse ey (island, luck, river, heavenly aid) derived from Proto-Germanic *awjō (island, waterland, floodplain, meadow).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*awjō
Gloss
island, waterland, floodplain, meadow
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
島
Emoji
🏝️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Edenfield English
- Grimsey English
- Jersey English
- *h₂ekʷeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- øy Norwegian Bokmål
- Grimsey Portuguese
- *aiwaz Proto-Germanic
- *awjō Proto-Germanic
- *awjōlandą Proto-Germanic
- *bataz Proto-Germanic
- *falwaz Proto-Germanic
- øy Norwegian Nynorsk
- ieg Old English
- tūn Old English
- Suðreyjar Old Norse
- Vestmannaeyjar Old Norse
- ey Old Norse
- eyjamaðr Old Norse
- eyjóttr Old Norse
- eyland Old Norse
- Eyjaálfa Icelandic
- Grímsey Icelandic
- Grímur Icelandic
- bergsóley Icelandic
- brekkusóley Icelandic
- brennisóley Icelandic
- draumsóley Icelandic
- dvergsóley Icelandic
- eyja Icelandic
- flagasóley Icelandic
- holtasóley Icelandic
- hófsóley Icelandic
- jöklasóley Icelandic
- lækjasóley Icelandic
- lónasóley Icelandic
- mýrasóley Icelandic
- sifjarsóley Icelandic
- silfursóley Icelandic
- skriðsóley Icelandic
- skógarsóley Icelandic
- sól Icelandic
- sóley Icelandic
- trefjasóley Icelandic
- álfa Icelandic
- oy Faroese
- oyggj Faroese
- *auwju gmw-pro
- o Middle Low German
- öy Westrobothnian