Where does “borðstofa” come from?

borðstofa (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic stofa, from Old Norse stofa, from German stōve, from Old Saxon *stova, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.

borðstofa (Icelandic): dining room

Definitions

  1. dining room

Ancestry of “borðstofa”, step by step

borðstofa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic stofa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicstofaa living room; a classroom, a room
2Old Norsestofaroom, living room
3Germanstōve—
4Old Saxon*stova—
5Proto-West Germanic*stobu—

via Icelandic borð

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicborða table; a plank, board; board
2Old Norseborðedge, side of a vessel
3Proto-Germanicburdąboard, plank; table
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stobu →Every word from Old Saxon *stova →Every word from German stōve →