Where does “koie” come from?
koie (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Swedish koja, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
koie (Norwegian Nynorsk): a hut
Definitions
- a hut
Ancestry of “koie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | koja | a hut, a very primitive house; to go to bed |
| 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- | — |