Last week learned from a student at the IMD dept. at the KABK in The Hague that the Icelandic word for computer is tölva.

This term is a portmanteau coined in 1965 by the linguist Sigurður Nordal, combining the words tala ("number") and völva ("prophetess" or "seeress").
Consequently, the word literally translates to "number prophetess" or "number witch," reflecting the device's ability to process vast amounts of data and predict outcomes.
[Description AI generated by Brave search ;-]