vindr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *windaz, whence also Old Saxon and Old English wind, Old High German wint, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (winds). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
Noun
vindr m
- wind
Derived terms
- vindauga
Descendants
- Danish: vind
- Faroese: vindur
- Icelandic: vindur
- Norwegian Bokmål: vind
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vind
- Swedish: vind
References
- vindr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press