Where does “salpahaka” come from?
salpahaka (Finnish) comes from Finnish häkä, from Swedish haka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
salpahaka (Finnish): catch, clasp
Definitions
- catch, clasp
Ancestry of “salpahaka”, step by step
salpahaka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish häkä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | häkä | carbon monoxide |
| 2 | Swedish | haka | chin, lower part of face |
| 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- | — |