Where does “boxertrosa” come from?

boxertrosa (Swedish) comes from Swedish trosa, from French trousse, from Old French trousse, from Latin torsus, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

boxertrosa (Swedish): boyshorts

Definitions

  1. boyshorts

Ancestry of “boxertrosa”, step by step

boxertrosa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish trosa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtrosapanties, female underpants
2Frenchtroussekit; pencil case; inflection of trousser: ##...
3Old Frenchtroussepack; bunch, bundle
4Latintorsus
5Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Swedish boxer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishboxer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus