Where does “chansa” come from?

chansa (Swedish) comes from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

chansa (Swedish): to take a chance, to gamble

Definitions

  1. to take a chance, to gamble

Ancestry of “chansa”, step by step

chansa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishafrom
2Swedishavloppa drain; sewage
3Swedishloppa race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English)
4Swedishlöpato run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly...
5Old Swedishløpato run
6Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
7Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
8Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—

via Swedish chans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishchanschance; an opportunity or possibility
2Frenchchancechance; luck
3Old Frenchcheanceaccident, chance, luck
4Vulgar Latincadentiafalling
5Latincadēnsfalling
6Latincadōto fall, to fall out
7Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

Words derived from “chansa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →