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
Ancestry of “hakasulkumerkki”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 run, trace, track, path, a running ... |
| 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- | — |