Where does “målstolpe” come from?

målstolpe (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.

målstolpe (Swedish): a goal post

Definitions

  1. a goal post

Ancestry of “målstolpe”, step by step

målstolpe 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 stolpe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstolpea pole, a post; a pale; a post
2Old Swedishstolpe—
3Old Norsestolpibeam, girder; pillar
4Proto-Germanic*stulpôpost, pole, column
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Swedish -ig →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →