Where does “golfpeg” come from?

golfpeg (Swedish) comes from Proto-Indo-European peg-, from English polyethylene glycol — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

Ancestry of “golfpeg”, step by step

golfpeg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European peg-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpeg-breast
2Englishpolyethylene glycolAny of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...

via Swedish golf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgolfgulf, bay; golf; a sport; Obsolete spelling of...
Every word from English polyethylene glycol →Every word from Proto-Indo-European peg- →