Where does “neppaus” come from?
neppaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish nepata, from Swedish knäppa, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
neppaus (Finnish): A type of outdoor sports played in Finland with...
Definitions
- A type of outdoor sports played in Finland with...
Ancestry of “neppaus”, step by step
neppaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish nepata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nepata | to tap a car in the game of neppis |
| 2 | Swedish | knäppa | to button up, to fasten with button or with a... |
| 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- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |