Where does “gyttjebrottning” come from?

gyttjebrottning (Swedish) comes from Swedish brottning, from Swedish brotta — to wrestle.

gyttjebrottning (Swedish): mud wrestling

Definitions

  1. mud wrestling

Ancestry of “gyttjebrottning”, step by step

gyttjebrottning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish brottning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbrottningwrestling
2Swedishbrottato wrestle

via Swedish gyttja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgyttjawatery mud, muck; a fine-grained, nutrient-rich...
2Proto-Germanicgutjōn—
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