øy
Norwegian Nynorsk
noun-f13
Definitions
- an island
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse ey (island, luck, river, heavenly aid) inherited 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
- *h₂ekʷeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- øy Norwegian Bokmål
- *aiwaz Proto-Germanic
- *awjō Proto-Germanic
- *awjōlandą Proto-Germanic
- *bataz Proto-Germanic
- *falwaz Proto-Germanic
- Påskeøya Norwegian Nynorsk
- Stillehavet Norwegian Nynorsk
- buar Norwegian Nynorsk
- gruppe Norwegian Nynorsk
- halv Norwegian Nynorsk
- halvøy Norwegian Nynorsk
- korall Norwegian Nynorsk
- koralløy Norwegian Nynorsk
- nabo Norwegian Nynorsk
- naboøy Norwegian Nynorsk
- nasjon Norwegian Nynorsk
- nn Norwegian Nynorsk
- påske Norwegian Nynorsk
- stillehavsøy Norwegian Nynorsk
- vulkan Norwegian Nynorsk
- vulkanøy Norwegian Nynorsk
- øya Norwegian Nynorsk
- øybuar Norwegian Nynorsk
- øygruppe Norwegian Nynorsk
- øynasjon 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
- ey Icelandic
- eyja Icelandic
- oy Faroese
- oyggj Faroese
- *auwju gmw-pro
- o Middle Low German
- öy Westrobothnian