Where does “maskinlæsbar” come from?

maskinlæsbar (Danish) comes from Danish læsbar, from Danish læse, from Old Danish læsæ, from Old Norse læsa, from Old Norse láss, from Hungarian lát, from German lōt, from Hebrew לוֹט — myrrh.

maskinlæsbar (Danish): machine-readable

Definitions

  1. machine-readable

Ancestry of “maskinlæsbar”, step by step

maskinlæsbar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish læsbar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishlæsbarlegible, able to be read
2Danishlæseto read; to study formally
3Old Danishlæsælock; read; collect
4Old Norselæsato lock
5Old Norselásslock
6Hungarianlátto see
7Germanlōtplummet device for measuring water depth
8Hebrewלוֹטmyrrh

via Danish maskine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmaskinemachine; engine
2Latinmāchinacontrivance
3Ancient GreekμαχανάDoric form of μηχᾰνή
4Ancient Greekμηχανήcontrivance, machine, device, gear; way, means
5Ancient Greekμῆχοςmeans, expedient, remedy
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-to be able
Every word from Hebrew לוֹטEvery word from German lōtEvery word from Hungarian lát