Where does “skoolaus” come from?
skoolaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish skoolata, from Swedish skåla, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
skoolaus (Finnish): toasting
Definitions
- toasting
Ancestry of “skoolaus”, step by step
skoolaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish skoolata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | skoolata | To toast |
| 2 | Swedish | skåla | to toast, to engage in a salutation and/or... |
| 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 us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |