Where does “chansning” come from?
chansning (Swedish) comes from Swedish chansa, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
chansning (Swedish): long shot, shot
Definitions
- long shot, shot
Ancestry of “chansning”, step by step
chansning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish chansa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | chansa | to take a chance, to gamble |
| 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- | — |
via Swedish ning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ning | — |