It might have developed in Westfjords, where the manuscripts were written, but since it had influences from many other European languages, it is more likely that it was created elsewhere and brought to Iceland by Basque sailors.
Moga se razviti u regiji Vestfirðir, gdje su pisani rukopisi, ali budući da je imao utjecaja iz mnogih drugih europskih jezika, veća je vjerojatnost da je nastao negdje drugdje i doveden do Islanda preko baskijskih mornara-kitolovaca.