Where does “hejarop” come from?
hejarop (Swedish) comes from Swedish heja, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
hejarop (Swedish): a cheer (to cheer someone on), (in the identical plural) cheering
Definitions
- a cheer (to cheer someone on), (in the identical plural) cheering
Ancestry of “hejarop”, step by step
hejarop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish heja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | heja | cheer; to greet by saying "hej"; go! |
| 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- | — |