Where does “stidi” come from?
stidi (Finnish) comes from Swedish tändsticka, from Swedish tända, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
stidi (Finnish): match
Definitions
- match
Ancestry of “stidi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tändsticka | a match; device to make fire |
| 2 | Swedish | tända | to light, to ignite; to turn on lights; to... |
| 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- | — |