Where does “penslaus” come from?
penslaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish penslata, from Swedish pensla, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
penslaus (Finnish): distempering painting with distemper
Definitions
- distempering painting with distemper
Ancestry of “penslaus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | penslata | to apply medicine with a brush |
| 2 | Swedish | pensla | to brush (apply something with a brush) |
| 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- | — |