Ívarr

Old Norse

Etymology

The 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

Ívarr m

a male given name

Descendants

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
- → Irish: Íomhar
- → Scottish Gaelic: Ìomhar

References

Ivar; in: Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN

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