Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᛗᛖᛚᛞᚢᚾᛃᚨᛉ

This Proto-Norse entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-. Cognate with Latvian milna (“hammer of Pērkons”), Russian мо́лния (mólnija, “lightning”), and Welsh mellt (“fire”).

Proper noun

*ᛗᛖᛚᛞᚢᚾᛃᚨᛉ (*meldunjaʀ) m

1. Mjollnir, the hammer of the thunder-god *ᚦᛟᚾᚨᚱᚨᛉ (*þonaraʀ)

Descendants

• Old Norse: Mjǫllnir
  • West Scandinavian:
    • Icelandic: Mjöllnir, Mjölnir
    • Faroese: Mjølnir
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: Mjølne
  • East Scandinavian:
    • Swedish: Mjölner
      • → Finnish: Mjölner
    • Danish: Mjølner, Mjølne
      • Norwegian Bokmål: Mjølner, Mjølne
  • → English: Mjollnir
  • → German: Mjölnir
  • → Japanese: ミョルニル (Myoruniru)
  • → Korean: 묠니르 (Myollireu)