Where does “mätäkuu” come from?
mätäkuu (Finnish) comes from Swedish rötmånad, from Swedish röta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
mätäkuu (Finnish): dog days period of time, in Finland traditionally July 23rd to August 23rd
Definitions
- dog days period of time, in Finland traditionally July 23rd to August 23rd
Ancestry of “mätäkuu”, step by step
mätäkuu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish rötmånad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rötmånad | dog days; July 22-24 to August 22-24, after... |
| 2 | Swedish | röta | rot; luck |
| 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- | — |