Where does “häkä” come from?
häkä (Finnish) comes from Swedish haka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
häkä (Finnish): carbon monoxide
Definitions
- carbon monoxide
Ancestry of “häkä”, step by step
häkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish haka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | haka | chin, lower part of face |
| 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- | — |