Where does “medelhavstrut” come from?

medelhavstrut (Swedish) comes from Swedish trut, from Old Swedish thrutin, from Old Norse þrútna.

medelhavstrut (Swedish): a yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis)

Definitions

  1. a yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis)

Ancestry of “medelhavstrut”, step by step

medelhavstrut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish trut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishtrutAny of several species of large gulls; mouth
2Old Swedishthrutin—
3Old Norseþrútna—

via Swedish Medelhavet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishMedelhavetthe Mediterranean Sea
Every word from Old Norse þrútna →Every word from Old Swedish thrutin →Every word from Swedish trut →