Where does “trjábolur” come from?
trjábolur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic bolur, from Old Norse bolr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
trjábolur (Icelandic): tree trunk, log
Ancestry of “trjábolur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | bolur | a torso; a trunk, a bole; a T-shirt |
| 2 | Old Norse | bolr | trunk |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |