Where does “snuttefilt” come from?

snuttefilt (Swedish) comes from Swedish filt, from Middle Low German vilt, from Proto-West Germanic felt, from Proto-Indo-European pilto.

snuttefilt (Swedish): a (literal or figurative) security blanket

Definitions

  1. a (literal or figurative) security blanket

Ancestry of “snuttefilt”, step by step

snuttefilt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish filt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfiltblanket
2Middle Low Germanvilt—
3Proto-West Germanicfeltfelt
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpilto—

via Swedish snutta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsnutta—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pilto →Every word from Proto-West Germanic felt →Every word from Middle Low German vilt →