Where does “fréttablað” come from?
fréttablað (Icelandic) comes 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-.
fréttablað (Icelandic): newspaper
Definitions
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Ancestry of “fréttablað”, step by step
fréttablað traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic blað
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | blað | a sheet of paper; a newspaper or magazine; leaf |
| 2 | Old Norse | blað | a leaf of a plant; herb |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | bladą | leaf; sheet; blade |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlh̥₃oto | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Icelandic frétt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | frétt | piece of news, story; news |
| 2 | Old Norse | frétt | news, intelligence, inquiry, inquiry about the... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | frihtiz | tidings, news; question; inquiry; prophecy |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | frehnaną | to ask, inquire |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | preḱ- | to ask |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥ḱneh₂ | — |