Where does “tollskýrsla” come from?
tollskýrsla (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic tollur, from Old Norse tollr, from Middle Low German tol, from Old Saxon tolna, from Latin toloneum, from Latin teloneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον, from Ancient Greek τελώνης — price.
tollskýrsla (Icelandic): a customs declaration
Definitions
- a customs declaration
Ancestry of “tollskýrsla”, step by step
tollskýrsla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic tollur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | tollur | toll; customs |
| 2 | Old Norse | tollr | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | tol | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | tolna | — |
| 5 | Latin | toloneum | — |
| 6 | Latin | teloneum | toll booth; custom house |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τελώνιον | toll-house |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τελώνης | a farmer or collector or the tolls, customs or... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὠνέομαι | to buy, purchase |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ὦνος | price |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wosno- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wesno- | price |
via Icelandic skýrsla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | skýrsla | report |