Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “sköldpadda” come from?

sköldpadda (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish skioldpadda, from German schildepadde.

sköldpadda (Swedish): turtle; tortoise

Definitions

  1. turtle; tortoise

Ancestry of “sköldpadda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishskioldpadda—
2Germanschildepadde—
Every word from German schildepadde →