Where does “tapetborttagare” come from?

tapetborttagare (Swedish) comes from Swedish borttagare, from Swedish bort, from Old Norse burt, from Old Norse braut, from Proto-Germanic brautō, from Proto-Germanic breutaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- — to break.

tapetborttagare (Swedish): wallpaper stripper; machine for removing old...

Definitions

  1. wallpaper stripper; machine for removing old...

Ancestry of “tapetborttagare”, step by step

tapetborttagare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish borttagare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishborttagareOne who takes away
2Swedishbortaway, off
3Old Norseburt—
4Old Norsebrautroad, cleared path
5Proto-Germanicbrautō—
6Proto-Germanicbreutanąto destroy, crush, break
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewd-to break

via Swedish tapet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtapeta wallpaper
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic breutaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic brautō →