Where does “ornitolog” come from?
ornitolog (Swedish) comes from Swedish lög, from Old Swedish løgh, from Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic laugō, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.
ornitolog (Swedish): an ornithologist
Ancestry of “ornitolog”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | lög | bath |
| 2 | Old Swedish | løgh | bath, wash |
| 3 | Old Norse | laug | bath; hot spring; first-person singular past... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | laugō | bath, wash; soap, lye |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lewh₃- | to wash |