Where does “utomjording” come from?
utomjording (Swedish) comes from Swedish utomjordisk, from Swedish jord, from Old Swedish iorþ, from Old Norse jǫrð, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.
utomjording (Swedish): an extraterrestrial
Ancestry of “utomjording”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | utomjordisk | — |
| 2 | Swedish | jord | earth, soil; a rock- or sand-based unconsolidated... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | iorþ | earth, land |
| 4 | Old Norse | jǫrð | earth |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | erþō | earth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |