Where does “mätämuna” come from?
mätämuna (Finnish) comes from Swedish rötägg, from Swedish röta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
mätämuna (Finnish): A bad egg
Definitions
- A bad egg
Ancestry of “mätämuna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rötägg | a bad apple (morally dubious person, especially one who is a bad influence on others) |
| 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- | — |