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Where does “hlaupa” come from?

hlaupa (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

hlaupa (Icelandic): to run; to shrink; to flood

Definitions

  1. to run; to shrink; to flood

Ancestry of “hlaupa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
2Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
3Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—
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