Where does “stafettløp” come from?

stafettløp (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål løp, from Norwegian Bokmål løpe, from Danish løbe, from Old Norse hleypa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

stafettløp (Norwegian Bokmål): a relay race

Definitions

  1. a relay race

Ancestry of “stafettløp”, step by step

stafettløp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål løp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålløpa run; a course; a barrel
2Norwegian Bokmålløpeto run; to run, flow
3Danishløbeto run; to curdle; rennet
4Old Norsehleypato make run; make run; to cause to run
5Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
6Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
7Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—

via Norwegian Bokmål stafett

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålstafetta relay; a baton
2GermanStafettecourier
3Italianstaffettacourier, runner; relay race; relay team
4Italianstaffastirrup; stapes, stirrup bone, stirrup;...
5Lombardicstapho—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną →Every word from Old Norse hlaupa →