Where does “hakaus” come from?
hakaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish häkä, from Swedish haka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
hakaus (Finnish): stuckness; dispute; in the expression joutua...
Definitions
- stuckness; dispute; in the expression joutua...
Ancestry of “hakaus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | häkä | carbon monoxide |
| 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- | — |