Where does “skuddsår” come from?

skuddsår (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sår, from Old Norse sár, from Proto-Germanic sairą, from Proto-Germanic sairaz, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂yro-, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂y- — to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind.

skuddsår (Norwegian Bokmål): a gunshot wound, bullet wound

Definitions

  1. a gunshot wound, bullet wound

Ancestry of “skuddsår”, step by step

skuddsår traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål sår

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsårsore; a wound; imperative of såre
2Old Norsesárlarge cask
3Proto-Germanicsairąwound; sore
4Proto-Germanicsairazsore, painful
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂yro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂y-to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind

via Norwegian Bokmål skudd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålskudda shot; skudd på mål - a shot at goal; round
2Old Norseskot—
3Proto-Germanicskutąshot
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kewd-to advance, push; to drive, propel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂y- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂yro- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sairaz →