Where does “mittakaulain” come from?
mittakaulain (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaulain, from Finnish kaulata, from Swedish kavla, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa.
Ancestry of “mittakaulain”, step by step
mittakaulain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaulain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaulain | collar; Genitive plural form of kaula; A round... |
| 2 | Finnish | kaulata | To girdle a tree; To mangle linen in order to... |
| 3 | Swedish | kavla | to roll (with a rolling pin) |
| 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- | — |