Where does “dämpare” come from?
dämpare (Swedish) comes from Swedish dämpa, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
dämpare (Swedish): a damper (device that dampens mechanical oscillations)
Definitions
- a damper (device that dampens mechanical oscillations)
Ancestry of “dämpare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | dämpa | }} to damp (suppress vibrations) |
| 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- | — |