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Where does “sköldkörtel” come from?

sköldkörtel (Swedish) comes from Swedish sköld, from Old Norse skjǫldr, from Proto-Germanic skelduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keit-.

sköldkörtel (Swedish): thyroid; the thyroid gland

Definitions

  1. thyroid; the thyroid gland

Ancestry of “sköldkörtel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskölda shield
2Old Norseskjǫldra shield
3Proto-Germanicskelduzshield
4Proto-Indo-European(s)keit-—
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