Vestmannaeyjar
Old Norse
proper noun
Definitions
- the Westman Islands, an archipelago off the south coast of Iceland
Etymology
Affix from Old Norse Vestmaðr (Briton, Irishman, Gael) + Old Norse ey (island, luck, river, heavenly aid).
Origin
Old Norse
ey
Gloss
island, luck, river, heavenly aid
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
- Westman Islands English
- øy Norwegian Bokmål
- *aiwaz Proto-Germanic
- *awjō Proto-Germanic
- øy Norwegian Nynorsk
- tūn Old English
- Suðreyjar Old Norse
- Vestmaðr Old Norse
- ey Old Norse
- eyjamaðr Old Norse
- eyjóttr Old Norse
- eyland Old Norse
- Vestmannaeyjar Icelandic
- Vestmaður Icelandic
- ey Icelandic
- eyja Icelandic
- oy Faroese
- oyggj Faroese
- öy Westrobothnian