Where does “pansarskott” come from?

pansarskott (Swedish) comes from Swedish pansar, from Old Swedish panzar, from Middle Low German pantzer, from Italian panciera, from Italian pancia, from Latin pantex — belly, paunch, guts.

pansarskott (Swedish): a single-shot, man-portable, anti-tank weapon that fires grenades or shell-like projectiles (for example a Panzerfaust)

Definitions

  1. a single-shot, man-portable, anti-tank weapon that fires grenades or shell-like projectiles (for example a Panzerfaust)

Ancestry of “pansarskott”, step by step

pansarskott traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish pansar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpansaran armour
2Old Swedishpanzar
3Middle Low Germanpantzer
4Italianpancieracorset, girdle
5Italianpanciabelly, stomach, paunch
6Latinpantexbelly, paunch, guts

via Swedish skott

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskotta shot; a shoot; a bulkhead
2Old Swedishskut
3Old Norseskot
4Proto-Germanicskutąshot
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewd-to advance, push; to drive, propel
Every word from Latin pantex