Where does “grodlår” come from?

grodlår (Swedish) comes from Swedish lår, from Old Swedish lar, from Old Norse lær, from Proto-Germanic lahwaz, from Proto-Indo-European logʷʰ-es-.

grodlår (Swedish): frog legs (as food)

Definitions

  1. frog legs (as food)

Ancestry of “grodlår”, step by step

grodlår traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish lår

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlårthigh; crate, box
2Old Swedishlar—
3Old Norselærthigh
4Proto-Germaniclahwazthigh
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlogʷʰ-es-—

via Swedish gröda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgrödaa crop
Every word from Proto-Indo-European logʷʰ-es- →