Etymology Explorer › Old Swedish

Where does “iakt” come from?

iakt (Old Swedish) comes from Middle Low German jacht, from Old Dutch jagot, from Proto-West Germanic jagōþu, from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu, from Proto-Germanic -ōþuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “iakt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanjachta hunt; a chase, a pursuit; a fast ship
2Old Dutchjagot—
3Proto-West Germanicjagōþuhunt, hunting; chase, pursuit
4Proto-West Germanic-ōþu—
5Proto-Germanic-ōþuzForms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly...
6Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “iakt”

  • häxjakt
  • ripjakt
  • jakt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →