Where does “golvning” come from?
golvning (Swedish) comes from Swedish golva, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
golvning (Swedish): flooring the act of striking someone so hard that they fall to the floor
Definitions
- flooring the act of striking someone so hard that they fall to the floor
Ancestry of “golvning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | golva | to floor (knock to the ground, often in boxing) |
| 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- | — |