Where does “fjällvandra” come from?

fjällvandra (Swedish) comes from Swedish vandra, from Old Swedish vandra, from Middle Low German wanderen, from Old Saxon *wandarōn, from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn — to waver, change, fluctuate.

fjällvandra (Swedish): hike in the mountains; go mountain hiking

Definitions

  1. hike in the mountains; go mountain hiking

Ancestry of “fjällvandra”, step by step

fjällvandra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish vandra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvandrato wander, to hike
2Old Swedishvandra—
3Middle Low Germanwanderen—
4Old Saxon*wandarōn—
5Proto-West Germanic*wandarōnto waver, change, fluctuate

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

Words derived from “fjällvandra”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn →Every word from Old Saxon *wandarōn →Every word from Middle Low German wanderen →