Where does “hundskrälle” come from?

hundskrälle (Swedish) comes from Swedish hund, from Old Swedish hunder, from Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

hundskrälle (Swedish): a disagreeable (scruffy) dog

Definitions

  1. a disagreeable (scruffy) dog

Ancestry of “hundskrälle”, step by step

hundskrälle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish hund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhunda dog; a hound
2Old Swedishhunderdog
3Old Norsehundra dog
4Proto-Germanichundazdog
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

via Swedish skrälle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskrällea worn out or broken (larger) object
2Swedishskrällato blare
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →