Where does “salladslök” come from?

salladslök (Swedish) comes from Swedish lök, from Swedish lokomotiv, from English locomotive, from French locomotif, from Vulgar Latin motivus, from Latin motus, from Latin movere, from Latin moveo — to move.

salladslök (Swedish): scallion, spring onion, green onion

Definitions

  1. scallion, spring onion, green onion

Ancestry of “salladslök”, step by step

salladslök traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish lök

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlökonion; a genus of plants. See also "Allium"; the...
2Swedishlokomotiva locomotive
3EnglishlocomotiveThe power unit of a train that pulls the coaches...
4Frenchlocomotiflocomotive
5Vulgar Latinmotivusmoving; stirred; moved
6Latinmotusmoved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;...
7Latinmoverepresent active infinitive of moveō; second-person...
8LatinmoveoI move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,...
9Proto-Italicmoweōto move
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

via Swedish sallad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsalladsalad; vegetables consisting of leaves, typically...
2Frenchsaladesalad; sallet
3Italiansalada
4Vulgar Latinsalatasalted
5LatinSalothat flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón
6Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
7Latinsālsalt
8Proto-Italicsālssalt
9Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-
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