Where does “hakasulkumerkki” come from?
hakasulkumerkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish hakasulku, from Finnish häkä, from Swedish haka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa.
hakasulkumerkki (Finnish): square bracket sign
Definitions
- square bracket sign
Ancestry of “hakasulkumerkki”, step by step
hakasulkumerkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hakasulku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hakasulku | A square bracket |
| 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- | — |