Where does “símaskrá” come from?

símaskrá (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic skrá, from Old Norse skrá, from Proto-Germanic skrahō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

símaskrá (Icelandic): telephone directory

Definitions

  1. telephone directory

Ancestry of “símaskrá”, step by step

símaskrá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic skrá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicskrálist, register, file, directory; file; a...
2Old Norseskrádried skin, parchment; scroll, written document;...
3Proto-Germanicskrahōdry animal skin
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Icelandic sími

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsímitelephone; axon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-Every word from Proto-Germanic skrahō