Where does “aðalskrifstofa” come from?
aðalskrifstofa (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic skrifstofa, from Icelandic stofa, from Old Norse stofa, from German stōve, from Old Saxon *stova, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.
aðalskrifstofa (Icelandic): head office, main office
Ancestry of “aðalskrifstofa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | skrifstofa | office |
| 2 | Icelandic | stofa | a living room; a classroom, a room |
| 3 | Old Norse | stofa | room, living room |
| 4 | German | stōve | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | *stova | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *stobu | — |