Where does “loipe” come from?
loipe (English) comes from German Loipe, from Norwegian Bokmål løype, from Old Norse hleypa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.
loipe (English): A cross-country ski trail
Definitions
- A cross-country ski trail
Ancestry of “loipe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Loipe | loipe |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | løype | Make way! or give way!; shout applied in... |
| 3 | Old Norse | hleypa | to make run; make run; to cause to run |
| 4 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |