Where does “matonpesuharja” come from?
matonpesuharja (Finnish) comes from Finnish matonpesu, from Finnish matto, from Swedish mätta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa.
matonpesuharja (Finnish): carpet washing brush
Definitions
- carpet washing brush
Ancestry of “matonpesuharja”, step by step
matonpesuharja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish matonpesu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | matonpesu | carpet washing, rug washing |
| 2 | Finnish | matto | carpet, mat, rug; mat; mat, blasting mat |
| 3 | Swedish | mätta | to feed, to fill, to make full, to saturate |
| 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- | — |