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
Definitions
- public health
Ancestry of “folkhälsa”, step by step
folkhälsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish hälsa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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- | — |