Where does “fjädring” come from?
fjädring (Swedish) comes from Swedish fjädra, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
fjädring (Swedish): a system that flexes elastically under pressure, usually the suspension of a vehicle (but could also refer to for example the springs in a mattress)
Definitions
- a system that flexes elastically under pressure, usually the suspension of a vehicle (but could also refer to for example the springs in a mattress)
Ancestry of “fjädring”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fjädra | to softly flex (elastically) under pressure (of or similar to a (set of) spring(s)) |
| 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- | — |