Where does “insändare” come from?
insändare (Swedish) comes from Swedish sändare, from Swedish sända, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
insändare (Swedish): a letter to the editor
Ancestry of “insändare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | sändare | a sender, a transmitter |
| 2 | Swedish | sända | send; broadcast |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a run, trace, track, path, a running ... |
| 6 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 8 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |