Where does “skallgångskedja” come from?
skallgångskedja (Swedish) comes from Swedish skallgång, from Swedish gång, from Middle High German ganc, from Old High German gang, from Proto-Germanic *gang, from Proto-Germanic gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.
skallgångskedja (Swedish): a search party walking next to each other in a line to perform a thorough search of an area (often for a missing person)
Definitions
- a search party walking next to each other in a line to perform a thorough search of an area (often for a missing person)
Ancestry of “skallgångskedja”, step by step
skallgångskedja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish skallgång
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skallgång | a thorough search of an area (often for a missing person) by a search party walking next to each other in a line |
| 2 | Swedish | gång | walk, path, trail; a maintained, usually quite... |
| 3 | Middle High German | ganc | procession |
| 4 | Old High German | gang | A path, course, way, journey; a going |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *gang | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gangaz | pace, step, gait; walk; way, course |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰongʰ-o-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |