Where does “karvauspeli” come from?
karvauspeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish karvaus, from Finnish karvata, from Swedish skarva, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa.
karvauspeli (Finnish): forechecking game
Definitions
- forechecking game
Ancestry of “karvauspeli”, step by step
karvauspeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish karvaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karvaus | bitterness |
| 2 | Finnish | karvata | to forecheck |
| 3 | Swedish | skarva | to extend; to exaggerate, to brag |
| 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- | — |