Where does “fjällabb” come from?

fjällabb (Swedish) comes from Swedish labb, from Swedish laboratorium, from Medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin labotatorius, from Latin laborator, from Latin laboratus, from Latin laboro, from Latin labor — fox.

fjällabb (Swedish): a long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)

Definitions

  1. a long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)

Ancestry of “fjällabb”, step by step

fjällabb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish labb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishlabbSkua; a seabird in the family Stercorariidae; A...
2Swedishlaboratoriuma laboratory
3Medieval Latinlaboratoriumlaboratory
4Latinlabotatoriuslaborable
5Latinlaboratorplowman, tiller of the soil
6Latinlaboratusproduced, having been produced
7LatinlaboroI toil, labor; I endeavor, strive; I suffer, am...
8Latinlaborwork; labour, toil; hardship, trouble, fatigue,...
9Old Latinlabos
10Romanianlabăpalm; paw
11Hungarianlábleg; foot; support, stand
12Proto-Uralicluwebone
13Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáhfox
14Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćásfox

via Swedish fjäll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfjälla mountain; a scale
2Old Swedishfiäl
3Old Norsefjallmountain
4Proto-Germanicfelląskin, hide
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HrawpāćásEvery word from Proto-Iranian *HrawpācáhEvery word from Proto-Uralic luwe