Where does “ruskbilur” come from?

ruskbilur (Faroese) comes from Faroese bilur, from Danish bil, from Danish automobil, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

ruskbilur (Faroese): garbage truck, waste collection vehicle

Definitions

  1. garbage truck, waste collection vehicle

Ancestry of “ruskbilur”, step by step

ruskbilur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Faroese bilur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesebilurcar
2Danishbilcar, automobile
3Danishautomobilautomobile
4Frenchautomobileautomotive; automobile
5Frenchauto-auto- regarding oneself
6Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
7Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

via Faroese rusk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroeseruskwaste, rubbish, garbage
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew →Every word from Ancient Greek αὐτός →