Where does “karvaus” come from?
karvaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish karvata, from Swedish skarva, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
karvaus (Finnish): bitterness
Definitions
- bitterness
Ancestry of “karvaus”, step by step
karvaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish karvata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karvata | to forecheck |
| 2 | Swedish | skarva | to extend; to exaggerate, to brag |
| 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- | — |