The story
- Old Norse · learned borrowing fromLogi“jötunn of fire”
- English todayLogi
Learned borrowing from Old Norse Logi (“jötunn of fire”), personification of logi (“flame, blaze”). Related to Middle High German lohe, more distantly to Latin lucere (“to shine, to light”), Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”). Compare Old Norse Hálogi.
Words from the same roots
Old NorseLogi all →
low
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.