Where does “spaning” come from?
spaning (English) comes from Swedish spåna, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
spaning (English): present participle of spane
Definitions
- present participle of spane
Ancestry of “spaning”, step by step
spaning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish spåna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | spåna | to ponder, consider |
| 2 | Swedish | a | from |
| 3 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 4 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 5 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 7 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |