Where does “svovelholdig” come from?

svovelholdig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål svovel, from Middle Low German swavel, from Old Saxon sweval, from Proto-Germanic sweblaz — sulfur.

svovelholdig (Norwegian Bokmål): sulphurous, containing sulphur

Definitions

  1. sulphurous, containing sulphur

Ancestry of “svovelholdig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsvovelsulphur, or sulfur
2Middle Low Germanswavel—
3Old Saxonsweval—
4Proto-Germanicsweblazsulfur
Every word from Proto-Germanic sweblaz →