Where does “dämmare” come from?
dämmare (Swedish) comes from Swedish damma, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
dämmare (Swedish): damper sordine on a piano
Definitions
- damper sordine on a piano
Ancestry of “dämmare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | damma | to dust, to remove dust; to raise dust, to be... |
| 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- | — |