Where does “vrangstrupe” come from?

vrangstrupe (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Swedish strupe, from Old Swedish strūpe, from Old Norse strúpi — throat.

vrangstrupe (Norwegian Bokmål): trachea (windpipe), as opposed to the oesophagus (food pipe)

Definitions

  1. trachea (windpipe), as opposed to the oesophagus (food pipe)

Ancestry of “vrangstrupe”, step by step

vrangstrupe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish strupe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstrupethroat
2Old Swedishstrūpe—
3Old Norsestrúpithroat

via Norwegian Bokmål vrang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålvrang—
Every word from Old Norse strúpi →Every word from Old Swedish strūpe →Every word from Swedish strupe →