Where does “golvmopp” come from?

golvmopp (Swedish) comes from Swedish mopp, from English MOP, from Middle English mappe, from Walloon mappe, from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

Ancestry of “golvmopp”, step by step

golvmopp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish mopp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmoppa mop
2EnglishMOPGBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator
3Middle Englishmappe—
4Walloonmappenapkin
5Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map

via Swedish golv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgolva floor
2Old Swedishgolf—
3Old Norsególf—
4Proto-Germanicgulbąfloor
Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Walloon mappe →Every word from Middle English mappe →