Where does “avboka” come from?
avboka (Swedish) comes from Swedish boka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
avboka (Swedish): to cancel (a booking), to unbook
Definitions
- to cancel (a booking), to unbook
Ancestry of “avboka”, step by step
avboka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish boka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | boka | to book, to reserve |
| 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- | — |