øy
Norwegian
/œj/
noun-c
Definitions
- an island
Etymology
Inherited 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
- Jersey English
- eyot English
- *h₂ekʷeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- Cook Norwegian Bokmål
- Cookøyene Norwegian Bokmål
- James Cook Norwegian Bokmål
- Påskeøya Norwegian Bokmål
- Stillehavet Norwegian Bokmål
- beboer Norwegian Bokmål
- gruppe Norwegian Bokmål
- halv Norwegian Bokmål
- halvøy Norwegian Bokmål
- korall Norwegian Bokmål
- koralløy Norwegian Bokmål
- nabo Norwegian Bokmål
- naboøy Norwegian Bokmål
- nasjon Norwegian Bokmål
- nb Norwegian Bokmål
- påske Norwegian Bokmål
- stillehavsøy Norwegian Bokmål
- vulkan Norwegian Bokmål
- vulkanøy Norwegian Bokmål
- øya Norwegian Bokmål
- øybeboer Norwegian Bokmål
- øyboer Norwegian Bokmål
- øyene Norwegian Bokmål
- øygruppe Norwegian Bokmål
- øynasjon Norwegian Bokmål
- *aiwaz Proto-Germanic
- *awjō Proto-Germanic
- *awjōlandą Proto-Germanic
- *bataz Proto-Germanic
- *falwaz Proto-Germanic
- øy Norwegian Nynorsk
- ieg Old English
- tūn Old English
- eyt Middle English
- Suðreyjar Old Norse
- Vestmannaeyjar Old Norse
- ey Old Norse
- eyjamaðr Old Norse
- eyjóttr Old Norse
- eyland Old Norse
- ey Icelandic
- eyja Icelandic
- oy Faroese
- oyggj Faroese
- *auwju gmw-pro
- o Middle Low German
- öy Westrobothnian