Where does “brudtärna” come from?
brudtärna (Swedish) comes from Swedish tärna, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
brudtärna (Swedish): a bridesmaid
Definitions
- a bridesmaid
Ancestry of “brudtärna”, step by step
brudtärna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tärna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tärna | a bridesmaid; a tern; to cut into cubes |
| 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- | — |