Where does “sjuklövern” come from?

sjuklövern (Swedish) comes from Swedish sju, from Old Swedish siu, from Old Norse sjau, from Dutch drie, from Middle Dutch drie, from Old Dutch thrīe, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz.

sjuklövern (Swedish): The parties in the Riksdag (the national parliament of Sweden), excluding the Sweden Democrats

Definitions

  1. The parties in the Riksdag (the national parliament of Sweden), excluding the Sweden Democrats

Ancestry of “sjuklövern”, step by step

sjuklövern traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish sju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsjuseven
2Old Swedishsiuseven
3Old Norsesjauseven
4Dutchdriethree
5Middle Dutchdriethree
6Old Dutchthrīe
7Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
8Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
9Proto-Indo-European*tréyes

via Swedish klöver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishklöverclover; Trifolium
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes