Where does “karvata” come from?
karvata (Finnish) comes from Swedish skarva, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
karvata (Finnish): to forecheck
Definitions
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Ancestry of “karvata”, step by step
karvata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish skarva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skarva | to extend; to exaggerate, to brag |
| 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- | — |