Where does “skógelfting” come from?

skógelfting (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic skógur, from Old Norse skógr, from Proto-Germanic skōgaz — forest, wood.

skógelfting (Icelandic): wood horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum)

Definitions

  1. wood horsetail (Equisetum sylvaticum)

Ancestry of “skógelfting”, step by step

skógelfting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic skógur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicskógurforest, woods
2Old Norseskógrwood, forest
3Proto-Germanicskōgazforest, wood

via Icelandic elfting

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicelftinghorsetail plant of the order Equisetales
Every word from Proto-Germanic skōgaz →Every word from Old Norse skógr →Every word from Icelandic skógur →
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