Where does “búðarkassi” come from?

búðarkassi (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic kassi, from Danish kasse, from Old French casse, from Italian cassa, from Spanish caja, from Catalan caixa, from Old Catalan caixa, from Old Occitan caissa — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

búðarkassi (Icelandic): till, cash register

Definitions

  1. till, cash register

Ancestry of “búðarkassi”, step by step

búðarkassi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic kassi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandickassibox
2Danishkassebox; a rectangular cuboid
3Old Frenchcassecase
4Italiancassacase, crate, trunk; box; cash register, cash desk
5Spanishcajabox, case; bank; cash desk
6Catalancaixabox; savings bank
7Old Catalancaixabox
8Old Occitancaissa—
9LatinCapsaGafsa
10Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
11Proto-Italickapiōtake
12Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
13Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
14Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

via Icelandic búð

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbúðshop; tent, pavilion; camp, encampment
2Old Norsebúða temporary building (especially for use at an assembly), tent, booth
3Proto-Germanicbōþōbuilding, hut; dwelling
4Proto-Germanicbūanąto dwell, reside
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti →Every word from Proto-Italic kapjō →