Where does “haan” come from?
haan (Finnish) comes from Finnish haka, from Swedish haka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
haan (Finnish): Genitive singular form of haka
Definitions
- Genitive singular form of haka
Ancestry of “haan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | haka | hook, clasp; corral, paddock, croft; "olla haka... |
| 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- | — |