Where does “togbillet” come from?

togbillet (Danish) comes from Danish billet, from French billet, from Old French billette, from Old French bille, from Vulgar Latin billia, from Gaulish bilia, from Proto-Celtic belyom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom.

togbillet (Danish): train ticket, railway ticket

Definitions

  1. train ticket, railway ticket

Ancestry of “togbillet”, step by step

togbillet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish billet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbilletticket
2Frenchbilletticket; note, a brief message; banknote
3Old Frenchbillettebillet
4Old Frenchbillestick; baton; written decree, announcement
5Vulgar Latinbillia—
6Gaulishbiliatall tree
7Proto-Celticbelyomtree
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Danish tog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtogtrain; expedition; past tense of tage
2Middle Low Germantoge—
3Old Saxontugi—
4Proto-West Germanic*tugidrawing, tug, pull
5Proto-Germanictugiza drawing, tug, pull
6Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- →