Ymir

English

Etymology

From Old Norse Ymir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːmɪəɹ/

Proper noun

Ymir

1. (astronomy) A moon of Saturn.
2. (Norse mythology) The first creature to come into being and the ancestor of all jötnar. Upon his death, the gods fashioned the world from his body.

Anagrams

• miry, rimy

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse Ymir, from Proto-Germanic *jumjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ym̥H-yo-, from *yemH-, having an original sense of “twin”. Related to Latin Remus (“founder of Rome, slain by his twin”) and Sanskrit यम (yamá, “twin; first man to die”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːmɪɹ/
• Rhymes: -iːmɪɹ

Proper noun

Ymir m

1. (Norse mythology) Ymir, the ancestor of the jǫtnar
2. (astronomy) A moon of Saturn.

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Ymir
accusative	Ymir
dative	Ymi
genitive	Ymis

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jumjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ym̥H-yo-, from *yemH-, having an original sense of “twin”. Related to Latin Remus (“founder of Rome, slain by his twin”) and Sanskrit यम (yamá, “twin; first man to die”).

Possibly derived from a word for “twin”, this name has been folk-etymologically connected to Old Norse ymja (“to groan, whine, wail, scream, make noise”) (cf. the homonym ymir (“hawk”, literally “groaner, screamer”)), as other names of jötnar are associated with sound-making.

Proper noun

Ymir m

1. (Norse mythology) Ymir, the ancestor of the jǫtnar

Declension

Declension of Ymir (strong ija-stem, indefinite singular only)

masculine	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Ymir
accusative	Ymi
dative	Ymi
genitive	Ymis

Descendants

• Icelandic: Ýmir
• Faroese: Ymir
• Norwegian Bokmål: Yme
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Yme
• Swedish: Ymer
• Danish: Ymer
• → English: Ymir