Where does “brakare” come from?
brakare (Swedish) comes from Swedish braka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
brakare (Swedish): a loud fart
Definitions
- a loud fart
Ancestry of “brakare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | braka | to make a loud crashing sound like the sound of a large tree falling or a structure collapsing |
| 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- | — |