Where does “biila” come from?

biila (Northern Sami) comes from Swedish bil, from Danish bil, from Danish automobil, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

biila (Northern Sami): car, automobile

Definitions

  1. car, automobile

Ancestry of “biila”, step by step

biila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish bil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbila car, an automobile
2Danishbilcar, automobile
3Danishautomobilautomobile
4Frenchautomobileautomotive; automobile
5Frenchauto-auto- regarding oneself
6Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
7Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

via Norwegian bil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegianbil—

Words derived from “biila”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew →Every word from Ancient Greek αὐτός →