Where does “doktorsritgerð” come from?

doktorsritgerð (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic doktor, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

doktorsritgerð (Icelandic): dissertation

Definitions

  1. dissertation

Ancestry of “doktorsritgerð”, step by step

doktorsritgerð traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic doktor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicdoktordoctor
2Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via Icelandic ritgerð

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicritgerðessay, thesis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin doctor