Etymology

Yggdrasil

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Today it means: The cosmic axis of Norse mythology, conceptualized as a living ash tree that structures, connects, and sustains the universe and its various realms or worlds. Full definition →

Old Norse Yggdrasill
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The story

  1. Old Norse · borrowed fromYggdrasill
  2. English todayYggdrasil

Borrowed from Old Norse Yggdrasill; commonly accepted as being composed Yggr (“terrible”) + drasill (“steed”), where “steed” refers to a hanging tree or possibly from *dʰer- (“to hold, support”).

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