Etymograph

English

Eyjafjallajökull

Eyjafjallajökull comes from Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull, from jökull ‘glacier’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyg- ‘ice’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eyg-‘ice’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁yeg-o(n)-reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*jekô‘piece of ice’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*jekulaz‘icicle’reconstructed
  5. Old Norsec. 800–1350jǫkull‘icicle’
  6. Icelandicmodernjökull‘glacier’
  7. Icelandic, derivedmodernEyjafjallajökullliterally ‘glacier of the Eyjafjöll’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 2012same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eyg-‘ice’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁yeg-o(n)-reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*jekô‘piece of ice’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*jekulaz‘icicle’reconstructed
  5. Old Norsec. 800–1350jǫkull‘icicle’
  6. Icelandicmodernjökull‘glacier’
  7. Icelandic, derivedmodernEyjafjallajökullliterally ‘glacier of the Eyjafjöll’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 2012same form

Earliest quotation: 2012, Guv'nor: “Catch a throatful from the fire vocal / With…”

The story

Borrowed from Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull (literally “glacier of the Eyjafjöll”), where Eyjafjöll (literally “mountains of the islands”) is the name given to the southern side of the massif.

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyg-

Today it means

name A glacier and volcano in southern Iceland.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyg- / Eyjafjallajökull

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