Where does “dörrmatta” come from?
dörrmatta (Swedish) comes from Swedish mätta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
dörrmatta (Swedish): a doormat
Definitions
- a doormat
Ancestry of “dörrmatta”, step by step
dörrmatta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish mätta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mätta | to feed, to fill, to make full, to saturate |
| 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- | — |