Where does “gädda” come from?

gädda (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish gædda, from Old Norse gedda — pike.

gädda (Swedish): pike, the freshwater fish "Esox lucius"

Definitions

  1. pike, the freshwater fish "Esox lucius"

Ancestry of “gädda”, step by step

gädda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Swedish gædda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishgædda—
2Old Norsegeddapike

via Middle Low German gaden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germangaden—

Words derived from “gädda”

Every word from Old Norse gedda →Every word from Old Swedish gædda →