Where does “lyfseðill” come from?
lyfseðill (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic seðill, from Danish seddel, from Middle Low German sēdele, from German Zettel, from German zeddel, from German zedele, from Italian cedola, from Medieval Latin cedula — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
lyfseðill (Icelandic): a prescription for medication
Definitions
- a prescription for medication
Ancestry of “lyfseðill”, step by step
lyfseðill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic seðill
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | seðill | a small piece of paper, slip; banknote, bill |
| 2 | Danish | seddel | a note, a small piece of paper with writing; a... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | sēdele | — |
| 4 | German | Zettel | a small or loose piece of paper, slip; note,... |
| 5 | German | zeddel | — |
| 6 | German | zedele | — |
| 7 | Italian | cedola | counterfoil; coupon, voucher |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | cedula | Alternative form of schedula |
| 9 | Latin | schedula | leaf of paper |
| 10 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |