Where does “bílstjórasæti” come from?

bílstjórasæti (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic bílstjóri, from Icelandic bíll, from Danish bil, from Danish automobil, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

bílstjórasæti (Icelandic): driver's seat in a car

Definitions

  1. driver's seat in a car

Ancestry of “bílstjórasæti”, step by step

bílstjórasæti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic bílstjóri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbílstjóridriver
2Icelandicbíllcar
3Danishbilcar, automobile
4Danishautomobilautomobile
5Frenchautomobileautomotive; automobile
6Frenchauto-auto- regarding oneself
7Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
8Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

via Icelandic sæti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsætiseat, a place to sit; a place or position on a...
2Old Norsesætia seat; a hay-rick
3Proto-Germanicsētijąseat
4Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewEvery word from Ancient Greek αὐτός