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