Where does “taarata” come from?
taarata (Finnish) comes from Finnish taara, from Swedish tara, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
taarata (Finnish): to tare
Definitions
- to tare
Ancestry of “taarata”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taara | tare; Alternative form of taari |
| 2 | Swedish | tara | }} to wear on (so as to (slowly) reduce or make weaker) |
| 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- | — |