Where does “flottning” come from?

flottning (Swedish) comes from Swedish -ning, from Old Norse -ning.

flottning (Swedish): transportation (of logs or the like) on (flowing) water (like a river); log driving, log floating, timber rafting

Definitions

  1. transportation (of logs or the like) on (flowing) water (like a river); log driving, log floating, timber rafting

Ancestry of “flottning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedish-ningUsed to form nouns from a verb, usually referring...
2Old Norse-ning—

Words derived from “flottning”

Every word from Old Norse -ning →Every word from Swedish -ning →