Where does “liukuestematto” come from?
liukuestematto (Finnish) comes from Finnish matto, from Swedish mätta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
liukuestematto (Finnish): non-slip mat
Definitions
- non-slip mat
Ancestry of “liukuestematto”, step by step
liukuestematto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish matto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | matto | carpet, mat, rug; mat; mat, blasting mat |
| 2 | Swedish | mätta | to feed, to fill, to make full, to saturate |
| 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- | — |
via Finnish liukueste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liukueste | something that prevents sliding or slipping, such as a non-slip grip for shoes, non-slip underlay for a carpet or mat, etc |
| 2 | Finnish | liuku | skid; slide |
| 3 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |