Where does “kaldsvette” come from?

kaldsvette (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kald, from Old Norse kaldr, from Proto-Germanic kaldaz, from Proto-Germanic kalaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.

kaldsvette (Norwegian Bokmål): a cold sweat; to be in / have a cold sweat

Definitions

  1. a cold sweat; to be in / have a cold sweat

Ancestry of “kaldsvette”, step by step

kaldsvette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål kald

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkaldcold
2Old Norsekaldrcold
3Proto-Germanickaldazcold
4Proto-Germanickalanąto be cold, to freeze
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow

via Norwegian Bokmål svette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsvettedefinite singular of svett; plural of svett;...
2Old Norsesveitisweat
3Proto-Germanicswait-sweat; blood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswoyd-to sweat
5Proto-Indo-Europeansweyd-sweat; to sweat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kalaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic kaldaz →