Where does “festmåltid” come from?

festmåltid (Swedish) comes from Swedish fest, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus, from Proto-Italic fēstos.

festmåltid (Swedish): feast large, often ceremonial meal

Definitions

  1. feast large, often ceremonial meal

Ancestry of “festmåltid”, step by step

festmåltid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish fest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfestparty, celebration
2Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast
3LatinfēstusOf or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry
4Proto-Italicfēstos—

via Swedish måltid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmåltidmeal
2Middle Low Germanmaltit—
Every word from Proto-Italic fēstos →Every word from Latin fēstus →Every word from Latin festum →