Where does “prentvél” come from?

prentvél (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic vél, from Old Norse vél, from Proto-Germanic wīlą, from Proto-Indo-European wéy-, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

prentvél (Icelandic): printing press

Definitions

  1. printing press

Ancestry of “prentvél”, step by step

prentvél traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic vél

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicvélmachine; motor, engine
2Old Norsevélartifice, craft
3Proto-Germanicwīlącraft, deceit
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwéy-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Icelandic prent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicprentprint
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīlą →