Where does “vallfartsort” come from?

vallfartsort (Swedish) comes from Swedish ört, from Old Norse urt, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

vallfartsort (Swedish): a pilgrimage site

Definitions

  1. a pilgrimage site

Ancestry of “vallfartsort”, step by step

vallfartsort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish ört

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishörtherb
2Old Norseurt—
3Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
4Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Swedish vallfart

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvallfarta pilgrimage
2GermanWallfahrtpilgrimage
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurt- →