Where does “arbetsvecka” come from?
arbetsvecka (Swedish) comes from Swedish vecka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
arbetsvecka (Swedish): working week, workweek
Definitions
- working week, workweek
Ancestry of “arbetsvecka”, step by step
arbetsvecka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish vecka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | vecka | a week, a period of 7 days; a numbered period,... |
| 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- | — |
via Swedish arbete
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | arbete | work, job; work; effort expended on a particular... |
| 2 | Swedish | -s- | rat; treecreeper; coffee |
| 3 | Swedish | -för | able; creates an adjective from a noun or adjective implying capability of being or doing the main word |
| 4 | Old Swedish | for | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | furai | before, in front of; before, in front |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |