Where does “dröjsmål” come from?

dröjsmål (Swedish) comes from Swedish mål, from Swedish -ig, from Swedish -og, from Old Swedish -ogher, from Old Norse -igr, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

dröjsmål (Swedish): a delay

Definitions

a delay

Ancestry of “dröjsmål”, step by step

dröjsmål traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish mål

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Swedish	mål	language; dialect; juridical case; target; what...
2	Swedish	-ig	-y; forms adjectives from nouns
3	Swedish	-og	—
4	Old Swedish	-ogher	—
5	Old Norse	-igr	-y
6	Proto-Germanic	-gaz	-y
7	Proto-Indo-European	-ḱos	-y, -ic

via Swedish dröja

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Swedish	dröja	to linger, to wait, to last, to hold
2	Old Swedish	drøghia	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Swedish -ig →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →