Where does “stafsetningarorðabók” come from?

stafsetningarorðabók (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic orðabók, from Icelandic orð, from Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

stafsetningarorðabók (Icelandic): spelling dictionary

Definitions

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Ancestry of “stafsetningarorðabók”, step by step

stafsetningarorðabók traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic orðabók

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicorðabókdictionary, lexicon, wordbook
2Icelandicorðword; remarks; request
3Old Norseorðword
4Proto-Germanicwurdąword
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

via Icelandic stafsetning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicstafsetningspelling
2Icelandicstafsetjato spell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurdą →
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