Where does “GSM-sími” come from?

GSM-sími (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic sími — telephone; axon.

GSM-sími (Icelandic): mobile phone

Definitions

  1. mobile phone

Ancestry of “GSM-sími”, step by step

GSM-sími traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic sími

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsímitelephone; axon

via Icelandic GSM

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IcelandicGSMGlobal System for Mobile communications
Every word from Icelandic sími