Where does “avskärma” come from?
avskärma (Swedish) comes from Swedish skärma, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
Ancestry of “avskärma”, step by step
avskärma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish skärma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skärma | }} to shield, to screen (block with a screen) |
| 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- | — |