Where does “skogsskövling” come from?

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

skogsskövling (Swedish): felling, logging (on a large scale, without ensuring regrowth, implied to be expected to cause deforestation)

Definitions

  1. felling, logging (on a large scale, without ensuring regrowth, implied to be expected to cause deforestation)

Ancestry of “skogsskövling”, step by step

skogsskövling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish skövling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskövlingfelling (on a large scale, causing environmental devastation)
2Swedish-ingUsed to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing. See...
3Old Swedish-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
4Old Norse-ingForms gerund nouns from verbs
5Proto-Germanic-ingō-ing

via Swedish skog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskogforest, wood
2Old Swedishskōgherforest, wood
3Old Norseskógrwood, forest
4Proto-Germanicskōgazforest, wood
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ingō →Every word from Swedish -ing →Every word from Old Norse -ing →