Where does “bilkö” come from?
bilkö (Swedish) 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.
bilkö (Swedish): a tailback (a long queue of traffic on a road), (US) a backup
Definitions
- a tailback (a long queue of traffic on a road), (US) a backup
Ancestry of “bilkö”, step by step
bilkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bil | a car, an automobile |
| 2 | Danish | bil | car, automobile |
| 3 | Danish | automobil | automobile |
| 4 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 5 | French | auto- | auto- regarding oneself |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |