Where does “målsökande” come from?

målsökande (Swedish) comes from Swedish mål, from Swedish -ig, from Swedish -og, from Old Swedish -ogher, from Old Norse -igr, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

målsökande (Swedish): homing

Definitions

  1. homing

Ancestry of “målsökande”, step by step

målsökande traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish mål

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmållanguage; dialect; juridical case; target; what...
2Swedish-ig-y; forms adjectives from nouns
3Swedish-og
4Old Swedish-ogher
5Old Norse-igr-y
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Swedish sökande

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsökandean applicant (a person applying for a grant, employment or such)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from Swedish -igEvery word from Proto-Germanic -gaz
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