Where does “sölumaður” come from?
sölumaður (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic sala, from Old Norse sala, from Proto-Germanic salō, from Proto-Indo-European selh₁- — to take.
sölumaður (Icelandic): salesman
Ancestry of “sölumaður”, step by step
sölumaður traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic sala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | sala | sale |
| 2 | Old Norse | sala | sale |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | salō | a handing over, delivery, surrender |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | selh₁- | to take |
via Icelandic maður
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | maður | human being, person, humanity, mankind; man,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | maðr | human, man, person; degree |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |