Where does “kaulaus” come from?
kaulaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaulata, from Swedish kavla, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
kaulaus (Finnish): girdling a tree
Definitions
- girdling a tree
Ancestry of “kaulaus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaulata | To girdle a tree; To mangle linen in order to... |
| 2 | Swedish | kavla | to roll (with a rolling pin) |
| 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- | — |