Etymology Explorer › Finnish

Where does “duuni” come from?

duuni (Finnish) comes from Swedish dona, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.

duuni (Finnish): job, work

Definitions

  1. job, work

Ancestry of “duuni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishdonato do small house hold tasks, such as tidying up...
2Swedishafrom
3Swedishavloppa drain; sewage
4Swedishloppa run, trace, track, path, a running ...
5Swedishlöpato run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly...
6Old Swedishløpato run
7Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
8Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
9Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—

Words derived from “duuni”

  • paskaduuni
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →