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

Definitions

  1. tree trunk, log

Ancestry of “trjábolur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbolura torso; a trunk, a bole; a T-shirt
2Old Norsebolrtrunk
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Old Norse bolr →