Where does “lanaus” come from?
lanaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish lanata, from Finnish lana, from Swedish låna, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa.
lanaus (Finnish): leveling using a leveling drag
Definitions
- leveling using a leveling drag
Ancestry of “lanaus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lanata | To level using a leveling drag |
| 2 | Finnish | lana | leveling drag |
| 3 | Swedish | låna | to loan, to borrow; to lend |
| 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- | — |