Where does “snorloska” come from?

snorloska (Swedish) comes from Swedish snor, from Old Swedish snoor.

snorloska (Swedish): a thick quantity of sputum with nasal mucus (produced by sniffing one's nose) (after it has left the mouth); a loogie with nasal mucus

Definitions

  1. a thick quantity of sputum with nasal mucus (produced by sniffing one's nose) (after it has left the mouth); a loogie with nasal mucus

Ancestry of “snorloska”, step by step

snorloska traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish snor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsnorsnot
2Old Swedishsnoor—

via Finnish loska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishloskaslush
2Old Polishlaska—
Every word from Old Swedish snoor →Every word from Swedish snor →
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