Where does “skjáborðsmynd” come from?

skjáborðsmynd (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic mynd, from Old Norse mynd, from Proto-Germanic mundiz, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

skjáborðsmynd (Icelandic): desktop picture

Definitions

  1. desktop picture

Ancestry of “skjáborðsmynd”, step by step

skjáborðsmynd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic mynd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmyndan image, a picture; a form, an image; a movie, a...
2Old Norsemyndshape, form
3Proto-Germanicmundizthought, remembrance
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
5Indo-European*men-—

via Icelandic skjáborð

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicskjáborðdesktop
2Icelandicborða table; a plank, board; board
3Old Norseborðedge, side of a vessel
4Proto-Germanicburdąboard, plank; table
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Germanic mundiz →