Where does “hushållning” come from?
hushållning (Swedish) comes from Swedish hushålla, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
hushållning (Swedish): housekeeping (chores of maintaining a house as a residence)
Definitions
- housekeeping (chores of maintaining a house as a residence)
Ancestry of “hushållning”, step by step
hushållning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish hushålla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hushålla | to keep house (take care of domestic chores) |
| 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- | — |
via Swedish ning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ning | — |