Where does “stjórnmálamaður” come from?

stjórnmálamaður (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic stjórnmál, from Icelandic mál, from Icelandic mála, from Old Norse mála, from Middle Low German mālen, from Old Saxon *mālōn, from Proto-West Germanic *mālēn, from Proto-Albanian melana — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

stjórnmálamaður (Icelandic): politician

Definitions

  1. politician

Ancestry of “stjórnmálamaður”, step by step

stjórnmálamaður traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic stjórnmál

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicstjórnmálpolitics
2Icelandicmállanguage; speech; matter, affair
3Icelandicmálato paint; indefinite genitive plural of mál
4Old Norsemálato grind
5Middle Low Germanmālento draw, paint; to paint
6Old Saxon*mālōn—
7Proto-West Germanic*mālēnto paint
8Proto-Albanianmelanablack
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-n-dull black
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
12Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Icelandic maður

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmaðurhuman being, person, humanity, mankind; man,...
2Old Norsemaðrhuman, man, person; degree
3Proto-Germanic*mann-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European melh₂- →