Where does “häkälöyly” come from?
häkälöyly (Finnish) comes from Finnish häkä, from Swedish haka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
häkälöyly (Finnish): water thrown on the (sauna) stove of a wood-powered sauna in order to get rid of ash on the rocks, as is done before the sauna is used
Definitions
- water thrown on the (sauna) stove of a wood-powered sauna in order to get rid of ash on the rocks, as is done before the sauna is used
Ancestry of “häkälöyly”, step by step
häkälöyly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish häkä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | häkä | carbon monoxide |
| 2 | Swedish | haka | chin, lower part of face |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 6 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 8 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |