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

Definitions

  1. newsprint

Ancestry of “dagblaðapappír”, step by step

dagblaðapappír traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic dagblað

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicdagblaða daily paper, a newspaper, a daily
2Icelandicblaða sheet of paper; a newspaper or magazine; leaf
3Old Norseblaða leaf of a plant; herb
4Proto-Germanicbladąleaf; sheet; blade
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlh̥₃oto—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Icelandic pappír

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicpappírpaper; document, file, paper
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- →