Where does “taara” come from?
taara (Finnish) comes from Swedish tara, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
taara (Finnish): tare; Alternative form of taari
Definitions
- tare; Alternative form of taari
Ancestry of “taara”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tara | }} to wear on (so as to (slowly) reduce or make weaker) |
| 2 | Swedish | a | from |
| 3 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 4 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 5 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 7 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |