Where does “stjórnarbylting” come from?

stjórnarbylting (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic bylting, from Icelandic -ing, from Old Norse -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.

stjórnarbylting (Icelandic): revolution

Definitions

  1. revolution

Ancestry of “stjórnarbylting”, step by step

stjórnarbylting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic bylting

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbyltingupheaval, revolution
2Icelandic-inging
3Old Norse-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
4Proto-Germanic-ingō-ing

via Icelandic stjórn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicstjórncontrol; governance, government; government
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingō →Every word from Icelandic -ing →Every word from Old Norse -ing →