Where does “paimentolaismatto” come from?
paimentolaismatto (Finnish) comes from Finnish matto, from Swedish mätta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
paimentolaismatto (Finnish): a deep-pile wool rug, usually white
Definitions
- a deep-pile wool rug, usually white
Ancestry of “paimentolaismatto”, step by step
paimentolaismatto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish matto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | matto | carpet, mat, rug; mat; mat, blasting mat |
| 2 | Swedish | mätta | to feed, to fill, to make full, to saturate |
| 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 paimentolainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paimentolainen | pastoral nomad owning livestock |
| 2 | Finnish | paimentaa | to herd, tend animals; to shepherd people |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | paimentadak | to herd, graze |