Where does “geislaspilari” come from?
geislaspilari (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic spilari, from Icelandic -arí, from Old Norse -ari, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
geislaspilari (Icelandic): CD player
Definitions
- CD player
Ancestry of “geislaspilari”, step by step
geislaspilari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic spilari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | spilari | player |
| 2 | Icelandic | -arí | er, -or; a masculine suffix used to form agent nouns from verb and noun stems |
| 3 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |