Where does “spano” come from?
spano (Italian) comes from Italian spanare, from Swedish spåna, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
spano (Italian): first-person singular present indicative of...
Definitions
- first-person singular present indicative of...
Ancestry of “spano”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | spanare | To strip |
| 2 | Swedish | spåna | to ponder, consider |
| 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- | — |