Where does “vekkaus” come from?
vekkaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish vekata, from Swedish vecka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
vekkaus (Finnish): pleating
Definitions
- pleating
Ancestry of “vekkaus”, step by step
vekkaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vekata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vekata | to pleat |
| 2 | Swedish | vecka | a week, a period of 7 days; a numbered period,... |
| 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- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |