Where does “förmörka” come from?
förmörka (Swedish) comes from Swedish mörka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
förmörka (Swedish): to eclipse, to darken
Definitions
- to eclipse, to darken
Ancestry of “förmörka”, step by step
förmörka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish mörka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mörka | to hide; to perform a cover-up |
| 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 för
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | för | too; To an excessive degree; because; bow; the... |
| 2 | Swedish | bud | a message (also budskap) |
| 3 | Swedish | givare | a giver; a giver, a donor; a sensor |
| 4 | Swedish | giva | a portion of fodder; the amount of fodder given... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | giva | to give |
| 6 | Old Norse | gefa | to give something; to give someone something |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |