Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “løjpe” come from?

løjpe (Danish) comes from Norwegian løype, from Old Norse hleypa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

løjpe (Danish): road or path with clear ski tracks

Definitions

  1. road or path with clear ski tracks

Ancestry of “løjpe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegianløype—
2Old Norsehleypato make run; make run; to cause to run
3Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
4Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
5Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →