Where does “spindelväv” come from?

spindelväv (Swedish) comes from Swedish spindel, from Old Swedish spinnil.

spindelväv (Swedish): a cobweb (spider web or the remains of one, often used literarily to imply decay)

Definitions

  1. a cobweb (spider web or the remains of one, often used literarily to imply decay)

Ancestry of “spindelväv”, step by step

spindelväv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish spindel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishspindela spider; a spindle, the rotating part of a...
2Old Swedishspinnil—

via Swedish väv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishvävA weave, a fabric
Every word from Old Swedish spinnil →Every word from Swedish spindel →