Where does “målsnöre” come from?

målsnöre (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.

målsnöre (Swedish): a wire (finishing line on a racetrack, in the form of a thin string)

Definitions

  1. a wire (finishing line on a racetrack, in the form of a thin string)

Ancestry of “målsnöre”, step by step

målsnöre 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 snöre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsnörethin cord or string
2Old Swedishsnøre—
3Old Norsesnœri—
4Proto-Germanicnēanąto sew
5Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Swedish -ig →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →