Where does “målsnitt” come from?

målsnitt (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.

målsnitt (Swedish): goal average

Definitions

  1. goal average

Ancestry of “målsnitt”, step by step

målsnitt 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 snitt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsnitta cut; an average; face, section, cut
2Germanschnittfirst/third-person singular preterite of...
3Middle High Germansnit—
4Old High Germansnit—
5Proto-West Germanic*snid—
6Proto-Germanic*snidaza cut, slice, piece
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →