Where does “vidsträckt” come from?

vidsträckt (Swedish) comes from Swedish vid, from Old Swedish viþer.

vidsträckt (Swedish): vast, expansive

Definitions

  1. vast, expansive

Ancestry of “vidsträckt”, step by step

vidsträckt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish vid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvidwide; having great width; at, beside, next to,...
2Old Swedishviþer—

via Swedish sträckt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsträckt—
Every word from Old Swedish viþer →Every word from Swedish vid →