Where does “folkhälsa” come from?
folkhälsa (Swedish) comes from Swedish hälsa, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
folkhälsa (Swedish): public health
Ancestry of “folkhälsa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | hälsa | health; to greet, salute; bid welcome; to send... |
| 2 | Swedish | a | from |
| 3 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 4 | Swedish | lopp | a run, trace, track, path, a running ... |
| 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- | — |
Words derived from “folkhälsa”