Where does “kummata” come from?
kummata (Finnish) comes from Swedish skumma, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
kummata (Finnish): to erase, rub out using eraser
Definitions
- to erase, rub out using eraser
Ancestry of “kummata”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skumma | to foam (create foam, with the substance as agent) |
| 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- | — |