Where does “sutari” come from?
sutari (Finnish) comes from Swedish sotare, from Swedish söta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
Ancestry of “sutari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sotare | chimney sweep |
| 2 | Swedish | söta | to sweeten; to make sweet to the taste |
| 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- | — |