Where does “stidilodju” come from?
stidilodju (Finnish) comes from Finnish stidi, from Swedish tändsticka, from Swedish tända, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa.
stidilodju (Finnish): matchbox
Definitions
- matchbox
Ancestry of “stidilodju”, step by step
stidilodju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish stidi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | stidi | match |
| 2 | Swedish | tändsticka | a match; device to make fire |
| 3 | Swedish | tända | to light, to ignite; to turn on lights; to... |
| 4 | Swedish | a | from |
| 5 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 6 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 7 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 8 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 9 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |