Where does “lyktört” come from?

lyktört (Swedish) comes from Swedish ört, from Old Norse urt, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

lyktört (Swedish): groundcherry plant of the genus Physalis

Definitions

  1. groundcherry plant of the genus Physalis

Ancestry of “lyktört”, step by step

lyktört traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish ört

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishörtherb
2Old Norseurt—
3Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
4Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Swedish lykta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlyktaa lantern, a handheld lamp; bald face, a horse...
2Middle Low Germanluchte—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurt- →