Where does “avhuggen” come from?

avhuggen (Swedish) comes from Swedish av, from Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

avhuggen (Swedish): severed, hacked off, chopped off, cut off

Definitions

  1. severed, hacked off, chopped off, cut off

Ancestry of “avhuggen”, step by step

avhuggen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish av

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishavfrom; starting at; by
2Old Norseafof, from, off, by
3Proto-Germanic*ab—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

via Swedish huggen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhuggen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Old Norse af →