Where does “dagblaðapappír” come from?
dagblaðapappír (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic dagblað, from Icelandic blað, from Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic bladą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlh̥₃oto, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
dagblaðapappír (Icelandic): newsprint
Ancestry of “dagblaðapappír”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | dagblað | a daily paper, a newspaper, a daily |
| 2 | Icelandic | blað | a sheet of paper; a newspaper or magazine; leaf |
| 3 | Old Norse | blað | a leaf of a plant; herb |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bladą | leaf; sheet; blade |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlh̥₃oto | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |