Where does “galna ko-sjukan” come from?

galna ko-sjukan (Swedish) comes from Swedish kö, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂.

galna ko-sjukan (Swedish): mad cow disease

Definitions

  1. mad cow disease

Ancestry of “galna ko-sjukan”, step by step

galna ko-sjukan traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishqueue; a line of waiting people or other objects;...
2Frenchqueuetail; queue, line; cue
3Middle Frenchqueu
4Old Frenchcuetail
5Vulgar Latincodatail
6LatincaudaA tail
7Proto-Italickaudātail
8Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂

via Swedish sjukan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsjukan

via Swedish galna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgalna
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂Every word from Proto-Italic kaudāEvery word from Latin cauda