[[giant-cosmic-primordial]] # Ymir <iframe width="100%" height="350" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen src="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%9Dmir#Old-Norse"></iframe> [[lajoye2013]] [[nordvig2013]] ## Possible Eurasian Background "Many years ago, I sought to interpret Ymir and [Auðhumla](authhumla.md) as inherited from a braod "Indo-European tradition," but I would now be more inclined to see a more fluid [Eurasian continuum](eurasian.md)." See (b-lincoln1981:69-95) & (b-lincoln2003:59-76). ## Etymology 1. Twin 2. Sound. The word sounds like Nor. ***ymja*** ("to whine, cry, shout")