Where does “kustlabb” come from?

kustlabb (Swedish) comes from Swedish labb, from Swedish laboratorium, from Medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin labotatorius, from Latin laborator, from Latin laboratus, from Latin laboro, from Latin labor — fox.

kustlabb (Swedish): an Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)

Definitions

  1. an Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)

Ancestry of “kustlabb”, step by step

kustlabb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish labb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishlabbSkua; a seabird in the family Stercorariidae; A...
2Swedishlaboratoriuma laboratory
3Medieval Latinlaboratoriumlaboratory
4Latinlabotatoriuslaborable
5Latinlaboratorplowman, tiller of the soil
6Latinlaboratusproduced, having been produced
7LatinlaboroI toil, labor; I endeavor, strive; I suffer, am...
8Latinlaborwork; labour, toil; hardship, trouble, fatigue,...
9Old Latinlabos
10Romanianlabăpalm; paw
11Hungarianlábleg; foot; support, stand
12Proto-Uralicluwebone
13Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáhfox
14Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćásfox

via Swedish kust

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkusta coast
2Middle Dutchcost
3Old Frenchcostcost; financial outlay
4Medieval Latincostare
5Latincōnstāre
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás