Where does “snilledrag” come from?

snilledrag (Swedish) comes from Swedish drag, from Scottish Gaelic dragh, from Old Norse drag.

snilledrag (Swedish): ingenious chess move

Definitions

  1. ingenious chess move

Ancestry of “snilledrag”, step by step

snilledrag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish drag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishdragfeature, trait, characteristic; lure, trolling...
2Scottish Gaelicdraghannoyance, trouble, bother; worry, anxiety
3Old Norsedrag—

via Swedish snille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsnillegenius
Every word from Old Norse drag →Every word from Scottish Gaelic dragh →Every word from Swedish drag →