Where does “lastaaja” come from?
lastaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish lastata, from Swedish lasta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
lastaaja (Finnish): loader one who loads or lades a vehicle, etc
Definitions
- loader one who loads or lades a vehicle, etc
Ancestry of “lastaaja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lastata | To load, lade |
| 2 | Swedish | lasta | to load; to put a load on something; to fill with... |
| 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- | — |