Where does “grönmåla” come from?

grönmåla (Swedish) comes from Swedish måla, from Old Swedish māla, from Old Norse mála, from Middle Low German mālen, from Old Saxon *mālōn, from Proto-West Germanic *mālēn, from Proto-Albanian melana, from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-n- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

grönmåla (Swedish): to greenwash (make something appear more environmentally friendly than it is)

Definitions

  1. to greenwash (make something appear more environmentally friendly than it is)

Ancestry of “grönmåla”, step by step

grönmåla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish måla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmålato paint; to score
2Old Swedishmālato paint
3Old Norsemálato grind
4Middle Low Germanmālento draw, paint; to paint
5Old Saxon*mālōn—
6Proto-West Germanic*mālēnto paint
7Proto-Albanianmelanablack
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-n-dull black
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Swedish grön

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgrönof the color green; related to a Green Party;...
2Old Swedishgrøngreen; new, fresh
3Old Norsegrœnngreen, fresh; good, fit
4Proto-Germanicgrōnizgreen
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

Words derived from “grönmåla”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European melh₂- →