Where does “muusata” come from?
muusata (Finnish) comes from Swedish mosa, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
muusata (Finnish): to mash
Definitions
- to mash
Ancestry of “muusata”, step by step
muusata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish mosa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mosa | to turn (something) into a mash or mush through pressure; to mash, to mush, to puree, to squash, etc |
| 2 | Swedish | a | from |
| 3 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 4 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 5 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 7 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |