Where does “myskmadra” come from?

myskmadra (Swedish) comes from Swedish mysk, from French musc, from Old French musc, from Latin mūscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος, from Middle Persian mwšk', from Sanskrit मुष्क, from Sanskrit मूष् — mouse.

myskmadra (Swedish): sweet woodruff

Definitions

  1. sweet woodruff

Ancestry of “myskmadra”, step by step

myskmadra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish mysk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmyskmusk
2Frenchmuscmusk
3Old Frenchmusc
4Latinmūscusmoss
5Ancient Greekμόσχοςyoung shoot or twig; leafstalk, petiole; calf,...
6Middle Persianmwšk'musk
7Sanskritमुष्कtesticle, scrotum
8Sanskritमूष्mouse; "stealer", "thief"
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

via Swedish madra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmadrabedstraw
2Old Norsemaðra
3Proto-Germanicmadarǭmadder
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmodʰro-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s