Where does “hagelgevär” come from?

hagelgevär (Swedish) comes from Swedish gevär, from German Gewehr, from Middle High German gewer, from Old High German giwerida.

hagelgevär (Swedish): a shotgun

Definitions

  1. a shotgun

Ancestry of “hagelgevär”, step by step

hagelgevär traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish gevär

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgevära rifle, a gun
2GermanGewehrrifle
3Middle High Germangewer—
4Old High Germangiwerida—

via Swedish hagel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhagelhail; a kind of weather; a hail; a grain of the...
2Old Norsehagl—
3Proto-Germanichaglazhail; name of the H-rune
4Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰlospebble, hail
Every word from Old High German giwerida →Every word from Middle High German gewer →Every word from German Gewehr →