Where does “leigubíll” come from?

leigubíll (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic bíll, from Danish bil, from Danish automobil, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

leigubíll (Icelandic): a taxi, a taxicab, a cab

Definitions

  1. a taxi, a taxicab, a cab

Ancestry of “leigubíll”, step by step

leigubíll traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic bíll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbíllcar
2Danishbilcar, automobile
3Danishautomobilautomobile
4Frenchautomobileautomotive; automobile
5Frenchauto-auto- regarding oneself
6Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
7Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

via Icelandic leiga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicleigarent

Words derived from “leigubíll”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew →Every word from Ancient Greek αὐτός →