Völuspá

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wel-“to turn”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*waluz“staff, stick”
3. Old Norse · borrowed fromVǫluspá
4. English todayVöluspá

From Old Norse Vǫluspá, from vǫlu, genitive of vǫlva (“truth-sayer, staff-carrier, prophetess”), from vǫlr (“rounded staff”) (cognate with the Gothic walus, Old English wala, walu, Old Frisian walu), from Proto-Germanic *waluz (“staff, stick”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn”).

Words from the same roots