Where does “broda” come from?
broda (Jamaican Creole) comes from Jamaican Creole bredda, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
broda (Jamaican Creole): Alternative spelling of bredda
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of bredda
Ancestry of “broda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamaican Creole | bredda | brother; guy |
| 2 | Swedish | a | from |
| 3 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 4 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 5 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 7 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |