Where does “nitomahakanen” come from?
nitomahakanen (Finnish) comes from Finnish hakanen, from Finnish häkä, from Swedish haka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa.
nitomahakanen (Finnish): staple wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper
Definitions
- staple wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper
Ancestry of “nitomahakanen”, step by step
nitomahakanen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hakanen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hakanen | A small hook |
| 2 | Finnish | häkä | carbon monoxide |
| 3 | Swedish | haka | chin, lower part of face |
| 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- | — |