Where does “lanata” come from?
lanata (Finnish) comes from Finnish lana, from Swedish låna, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
lanata (Finnish): To level using a leveling drag
Definitions
- To level using a leveling drag
Ancestry of “lanata”, step by step
lanata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lana
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lana | leveling drag |
| 2 | Swedish | låna | to loan, to borrow; to lend |
| 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- | — |