Where does “collegetröja” come from?

collegetröja (Swedish) comes from Swedish tröja, from Middle Low German troye, from Old French troie — coat from Troyes.

collegetröja (Swedish): a sweatshirt (with or without a school emblem or other print)

Definitions

  1. a sweatshirt (with or without a school emblem or other print)

Ancestry of “collegetröja”, step by step

collegetröja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish tröja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtröjaa sweater, a jumper; a jerkin, a doublet
2Middle Low Germantroye—
3Old Frenchtroiecoat from Troyes

via Swedish college

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishcollege—
Every word from Old French troie →Every word from Middle Low German troye →Every word from Swedish tröja →