Where does “baksýnisspegill” come from?
baksýnisspegill (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic spegill, from Old Norse spegill, from Middle Low German spēgel, from Old Saxon spēgal, from Proto-Germanic *spēgl, from Medieval Latin speglum, from Latin speculum, from Proto-Italic -klom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
baksýnisspegill (Icelandic): rear-view mirror
Ancestry of “baksýnisspegill”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | spegill | mirror, looking glass |
| 2 | Old Norse | spegill | mirror, looking glass Synonym: skuggsjá |
| 3 | Middle Low German | spēgel | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | spēgal | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *spēgl | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | speglum | — |
| 7 | Latin | speculum | a looking-glass, mirror |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -klom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |