Where does “gómsætur” come from?

gómsætur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic sætur, from Old Norse sœtr, from Proto-Germanic swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European swéh₂dus, from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d- — sweet.

gómsætur (Icelandic): delicious, succulent

Definitions

  1. delicious, succulent

Ancestry of “gómsætur”, step by step

gómsætur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic sætur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsætursweet, saccharine, sugary; sweet, nice, kind;...
2Old Norsesœtrsweet
3Proto-Germanicswōtuzsweet
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéh₂dussweet
5Proto-Indo-Europeansweh₂d-sweet

via Icelandic gómur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicgómurgum
2Old Norsegómr—
3Proto-Germanic*gōmô—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéh₂dus →Every word from Proto-Germanic swōtuz →