Where does “smutsgam” come from?

smutsgam (Swedish) comes from Swedish gam, from Old Swedish gamber, from Old Norse gammr — kind of big predatory bird, or mythical creature.

smutsgam (Swedish): Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)

Definitions

  1. Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)

Ancestry of “smutsgam”, step by step

smutsgam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish gam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgama vulture or condor; scavenging birds living in...
2Old Swedishgamber—
3Old Norsegammrkind of big predatory bird, or mythical creature

via English Smuts

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSmuts—
2GermanSchmutzdirt
3Middle High Germansmuz—
Every word from Old Norse gammr →