Where does “badlakan” come from?

badlakan (Swedish) comes from Swedish lakan, from Old Swedish lakan, from Old Norse lak, from Middle Low German lāken, from Old Saxon lakan, from Proto-Germanic lakaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂g- — to be slack; be limp; droop; sag.

badlakan (Swedish): a large bath towel, a beach towel

Definitions

  1. a large bath towel, a beach towel

Ancestry of “badlakan”, step by step

badlakan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish lakan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlakansheet; 1000 SEK or equal amount of other...
2Old Swedishlakan—
3Old Norselak—
4Middle Low Germanlāken—
5Old Saxonlakan—
6Proto-Germaniclakanąlinen; cloth; sheet
7Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₂g-to be slack; be limp; droop; sag

via Swedish bad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbada bath, the act of bathing; a bath, a place for...
2Old Swedishbädhbath
3Old Norsebeðrbolster, bedding
4Proto-Germanicbadjąbed; bedding
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēdʰ-to bend, fold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰedʰ-to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lakaną →Every word from Old Saxon lakan →
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