Given name
Sóldís
“sun”
Sóldís is a feminine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sóldís goes back to Proto-Germanic *sōl, meaning “sun.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Sóldís comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōl (“sun”), from Old Norse dís (“goddess”), from Proto-Germanic *dīsiz (“goddess”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s (“holy one, hallow, deity”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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