Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “avskeda” come from?

avskeda (Swedish) comes from Swedish skeda, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.

avskeda (Swedish): to fire someone from an employment

Definitions

  1. to fire someone from an employment

Ancestry of “avskeda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskeda—
2Swedishafrom
3Swedishavloppa drain; sewage
4Swedishloppa run, trace, track, path, a running ...
5Swedishlöpato run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly...
6Old Swedishløpato run
7Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
8Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
9Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →