Where does “häcklöpare” come from?
häcklöpare (Swedish) comes from Swedish häck, from Dutch hek, from Middle Dutch hecke, from Old Dutch hekka, from Proto-West Germanic hakkju, from Proto-West Germanic haggju, from Proto-Germanic hagjō, from Proto-Indo-European kagʰyóm — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
häcklöpare (Swedish): a hurdler (athlete who competes in the hurdling event)
Definitions
- a hurdler (athlete who competes in the hurdling event)
Ancestry of “häcklöpare”, step by step
häcklöpare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish häck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | häck | hedge; hurdle, as used in the track and field... |
| 2 | Dutch | hek | fence; stern |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | hecke | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | hekka | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hakkju | hatch; fence |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | haggju | hedge |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hagjō | hedge |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kagʰyóm | enclosure, hedge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Swedish löpare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | löpare | a runner; athlete who runs, skates or skis long... |
| 2 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -are | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |