Where does “hakarasara” come from?
hakarasara (Finnish) comes from Finnish häkärä, from Finnish häkä, from Swedish haka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa.
hakarasara (Finnish): Carex spicata
Definitions
- Carex spicata
Ancestry of “hakarasara”, step by step
hakarasara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish häkärä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | häkärä | mist, fog |
| 2 | Finnish | häkä | carbon monoxide |
| 3 | Swedish | haka | chin, lower part of face |
| 4 | Swedish | a | from |
| 5 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 6 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 7 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 8 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 9 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |