Where does “bílalest” come from?

bílalest (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic bíll, 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.

bílalest (Icelandic): convoy, motorcade

Definitions

  1. convoy, motorcade

Ancestry of “bílalest”, step by step

bílalest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic bíll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbíllcar
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 Icelandic lest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandiclesttrain, file, row, line; railway train; cargo hold
2Middle Low Germanlast
3Old Saxonhladanto load, to lade
4Proto-West Germanichlaþanto load
5Proto-Germanichlaþanąto load
6Proto-Indo-Europeankleh₂-to put; to lay out
7Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₂-to beat; to break
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewEvery word from Ancient Greek αὐτός