Where does “grytmaxa” come from?
grytmaxa (Swedish) comes from Swedish maxa, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
grytmaxa (Swedish): To put almost-expired ingredients into a stew
Definitions
- To put almost-expired ingredients into a stew
Ancestry of “grytmaxa”, step by step
grytmaxa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish maxa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | maxa | to max |
| 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- | — |