Where does “heltäckningsmatta” come from?
heltäckningsmatta (Swedish) comes from Swedish täckning, from Swedish täcka, from Polish taca, from German Tasse, from French tasse, from Middle French tasse, from Arabic طَاس, from Persian تست — sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose.
heltäckningsmatta (Swedish): a fitted carpet, a wall-to-wall carpet
Definitions
- a fitted carpet, a wall-to-wall carpet
Ancestry of “heltäckningsmatta”, step by step
heltäckningsmatta traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish täckning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | täckning | a cover; a coverage |
| 2 | Swedish | täcka | to cover; to place something over; to cover; to... |
| 3 | Polish | taca | tray, salver |
| 4 | German | Tasse | cup with a handle |
| 5 | French | tasse | cup; cupful |
| 6 | Middle French | tasse | — |
| 7 | Arabic | طَاس | bowl, basin; bowl, cup |
| 8 | Persian | تست | test |
| 9 | English | Test | a Test match |
| 10 | German | testen | to test |
| 11 | German | Test | test; melting pot |
| 12 | English | test | A challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth... |
| 13 | Middle English | teste | — |
| 14 | Old French | teste | head |
| 15 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 16 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 17 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
via Swedish mätta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mätta | to feed, to fill, to make full, to saturate |
| 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- | — |