há-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ha"
Icelandic
editEtymology 1
editPrefix
edithá-
Derived terms
editterms derived from há- meaning high
Etymology 2
editPrefix
edithá-
- pertaining to an oarlock
Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editCompare the Old English hóh (“heel”), hóhsinu (“sinew of the heel”) and Nynorsk håbinda.[1] Compare the Icelandic hæll (“a heel”).[1]
Prefix
edithá-
- of or pertaining to the heel[1] or articulations of the foot (articulationes pedis)
Derived terms
editEtymology 4
editFrom the archaic hár (“dogfish”).
Prefix
edithá-
Derived terms
editterms derived from há- pertaining to shark kind
- hákarl
- hákerling
- hámeri (porbeagle)
- háskerðingur
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)