Where does “penslata” come from?
penslata (Finnish) comes from Swedish pensla, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
penslata (Finnish): to apply medicine with a brush
Definitions
- to apply medicine with a brush
Ancestry of “penslata”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | pensla | to brush (apply something with a brush) |
| 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- | — |