Where does “kjøtpylsa” come from?

kjøtpylsa (Faroese) comes from Faroese kjøt, from Old Norse kjǫt, from Proto-Germanic ketwą — meat; flesh.

kjøtpylsa (Faroese): sausage

Definitions

  1. sausage

Ancestry of “kjøtpylsa”, step by step

kjøtpylsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Faroese kjøt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesekjøtmeat, flesh
2Old Norsekjǫt—
3Proto-Germanicketwąmeat; flesh

via Faroese pylsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesepylsasausage
Every word from Proto-Germanic ketwą →Every word from Old Norse kjǫt →Every word from Faroese kjøt →