Where does “honungsskivling” come from?
honungsskivling (Swedish) comes from Swedish honung, from Old Norse hunang, from Proto-Germanic hunangą, from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂onk-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂ónks — honey.
honungsskivling (Swedish): honey fungus
Definitions
- honey fungus
Ancestry of “honungsskivling”, step by step
honungsskivling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish honung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | honung | honey |
| 2 | Old Norse | hunang | honey |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hunangą | Alternative form of *hunagą |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kn̥h₂onk-o-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kn̥h₂ónks | honey |
via Swedish skivling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skivling | Fungus (species or individual) belonging to the Agaricales order, known in English also as gilled mushrooms |