Ívarr
Old Norse
editEtymology
editThe first part (Ív-) stems from Proto-Germanic *īwaz (“yew”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- (“yew”), whence also Old English īw. The second part (-arr) stems from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“warrior”), whence also Old Norse herr (“army, crowd”). Partly merged with Old Norse Yngvarr, Ingvarr.
Proper noun
editÍvarr m
- a male given name
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: Ívar
- Faroese: Ívar
- Norwegian: Ivar, Ivår, Iva
- Swedish: Ivar
- Danish: Iver
- → Norwegian: Iver
- → Danish: Ivar
- → Estonian: Ivar
- → Latvian: Ivars
- → Finnish: Iivari
- → Old Irish: Ímar
References
edit- Ivar; in: Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN