Where does “hämnerska” come from?
hämnerska (Swedish) comes from Swedish hamna, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
hämnerska (Swedish): avengeress
Definitions
- avengeress
Ancestry of “hämnerska”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hamna | to land, to end up, to be placed |
| 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- | — |