Where does “skövling” come from?

skövling (Swedish) comes from Swedish -ing, from Old Swedish -ing, from Old Norse -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.

skövling (Swedish): felling (on a large scale, causing environmental devastation)

Definitions

  1. felling (on a large scale, causing environmental devastation)

Ancestry of “skövling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedish-ingUsed to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing. See...
2Old Swedish-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
3Old Norse-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
4Proto-Germanic-ingō-ing

Words derived from “skövling”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingō →Every word from Swedish -ing →Every word from Old Norse -ing →