FromOld Norseey(“island”), fromProto-Germanic*awjō(“floodplain, meadow, island”), from earlier*agwjō, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂(“water”). Cognate withEnglishey,eyot,oe,ait, andGermanAue.
øy f orm (definite singularøyaorøyen,indefinite pluraløyer,definite pluraløyene)
FromOld Norseey, fromProto-Germanic*awjō.
øy f (definite singularøya,indefinite pluraløyarorøyer,definite pluraløyaneorøyene)