Where does “dart” come from?

dart (Swedish) comes from Old Norse darr, from Proto-Germanic darōþuz, from Proto-Germanic -ōþuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

dart (Swedish): darts; dart

Definitions

  1. darts; dart

Ancestry of “dart”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsedarrspear, dart
2Proto-Germanicdarōþuza light spear; javelin; dart
3Proto-Germanic-ōþuzForms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly...
4Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “dart”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Proto-Germanic -þuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ōþuz →