Where does “häkärä” come from?
häkärä (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.
häkärä (Finnish): mist, fog
Definitions
- mist, fog
Ancestry of “häkärä”, step by step
| 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- | — |