Where does “grena” come from?

grena (Swedish) comes from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

grena (Swedish): to branch, to branch out (split into branches, literally or figuratively)

Definitions

  1. to branch, to branch out (split into branches, literally or figuratively)

Ancestry of “grena”, step by step

grena traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishafrom
2Swedishavloppa drain; sewage
3Swedishloppa race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English)
4Swedishlöpato run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly...
5Old Swedishløpato run
6Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
7Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
8Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—

via Swedish gren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgrenbranch; event; sub-event within a sport
2Old Norsegreinbranch; point, head, part; cause, reason
3Proto-Germanicgrainō—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →