Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᛗᛖᛚᛞᚢᚾᛃᚨᛉ

This Proto-Norse entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Norse

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-. Cognate with Latvian milna (“hammer of Pērkons”), Russian мо́лния (mólnija, “lightning”), and Welsh mellt (“fire”).

Proper noun

*ᛗᛖᛚᛞᚢᚾᛃᚨᛉ (*meldunjaʀ) m

Mjollnir, the hammer of the thunder-god *ᚦᛟᚾᚨᚱᚨᛉ (*þonaraʀ)

Descendants

Old Norse: Mjǫllnir
- West Scandinavian:
  - Icelandic: Mjöllnir, Mjölnir
  - Faroese: Mjølnir
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: Mjølne
- East Scandinavian:
  - Swedish: Mjölner
    - → Finnish: Mjölner
  - Danish: Mjølner, Mjølne
    - Norwegian Bokmål: Mjølner, Mjølne
- → English: Mjollnir
- → German: Mjölnir
- → Japanese: ミョルニル (Myoruniru)
- → Korean: 묠니르 (Myollireu)