Where does “lår” come from?

lår (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish lar, from Old Norse lær, from Proto-Germanic lahwaz, from Proto-Indo-European logʷʰ-es-.

lår (Swedish): thigh; crate, box

Definitions

  1. thigh; crate, box

Ancestry of “lår”, step by step

lår traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Swedish lar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishlar—
2Old Norselærthigh
3Proto-Germaniclahwazthigh
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlogʷʰ-es-—

via Old Swedish lárr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishlárr—

Words derived from “lår”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European logʷʰ-es- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lahwaz →Every word from Old Norse lær →