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
Ancestry of “skoolaus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 run, trace, track, path, a running ... |
| 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- | — |