Where does “sumobrottning” come from?

sumobrottning (Swedish) comes from Swedish brottning, from Swedish brotta — to wrestle.

sumobrottning (Swedish): sumo wrestling

Definitions

  1. sumo wrestling

Ancestry of “sumobrottning”, step by step

sumobrottning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish brottning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbrottningwrestling
2Swedishbrottato wrestle

via Swedish sumo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsumo
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