Where does “svett” come from?
svett (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse sveitast, from Proto-Indo-European swoyd-, from Proto-Indo-European sweyd- — sweat; to sweat.
svett (Norwegian Bokmål): sweaty; imperative of svette
Definitions
- sweaty; imperative of svette
Ancestry of “svett”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | sveitast | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | swoyd- | to sweat |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sweyd- | sweat; to sweat |