Where does “bilitsilerivik” come from?
bilitsilerivik (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic biletti, 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.
bilitsilerivik (Greenlandic): ticket office
Ancestry of “bilitsilerivik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Greenlandic | biletti | ticket |
| 2 | Danish | billet | ticket |
| 3 | French | billet | ticket; note, a brief message; banknote |
| 4 | Old French | billette | billet |
| 5 | Old French | bille | stick; baton; written decree, announcement |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | billia | — |
| 7 | Gaulish | bilia | tall tree |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | belyom | tree |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |