Where does “plundringståg” come from?

plundringståg (Swedish) comes from Swedish tåg, from Middle High German tag, from Old High German tag, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

plundringståg (Swedish): a plundering expedition; a raid, a foray (to plunder)

Definitions

  1. a plundering expedition; a raid, a foray (to plunder)

Ancestry of “plundringståg”, step by step

plundringståg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish tåg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtåga railroad train; a train, a march, a military...
2Middle High Germantagday; age, lifetime; convention, congress
3Old High Germantagday
4Proto-West Germanicdagday
5Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via Swedish plundring

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishplundringpillage, sack
2Swedish-ingUsed to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing. See...
3Old Swedish-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
4Old Norse-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
5Proto-Germanic-ingō-ing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dag →