Where does “vitlök” come from?

vitlök (Swedish) comes from Swedish lök, from Swedish lokomotiv, from English locomotive, from French locomotif, from Vulgar Latin motivus, from Latin motus, from Latin movere, from Latin moveo — to move.

vitlök (Swedish): garlic, Allium sativum

Definitions

  1. garlic, Allium sativum

Ancestry of “vitlök”, step by step

vitlök traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish lök

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlökonion; a genus of plants. See also "Allium"; the...
2Swedishlokomotiva locomotive
3EnglishlocomotiveThe power unit of a train that pulls the coaches...
4Frenchlocomotiflocomotive
5Vulgar Latinmotivusmoving; stirred; moved
6Latinmotusmoved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;...
7Latinmoverepresent active infinitive of moveō; second-person...
8LatinmoveoI move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,...
9Proto-Italicmoweōto move
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

via Swedish vit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvitof the colour white; who has light skin;...
2Old Swedishhvīterwhite
3Old Norsehvítrwhite
4Proto-Germanichwītazwhite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytosbright; shine; shine; bright

Words derived from “vitlök

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-Every word from Proto-Italic moweōEvery word from Latin moveo