Where does “takalana” come from?
takalana (Finnish) comes from Finnish lana, from Swedish låna, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
takalana (Finnish): rear blade tool dragged behind a vehicle for landscaping, clearing snow, etc
Definitions
- rear blade tool dragged behind a vehicle for landscaping, clearing snow, etc
Ancestry of “takalana”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lana | leveling drag |
| 2 | Swedish | låna | to loan, to borrow; to lend |
| 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- | — |