Where does “känneteckna” come from?
känneteckna (Swedish) comes from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.
känneteckna (Swedish): to characterize
Definitions
- to characterize
Ancestry of “känneteckna”, step by step
känneteckna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | a | from |
| 2 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 3 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 4 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 6 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |
via Swedish kännetecken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kännetecken | a characteristic, an identifying property |
| 2 | Swedish | känna | to feel, to sense; to know |
| 3 | Old Swedish | kænna | to make known, teach; to recognize; to notice,... |
| 4 | Old Norse | kenna | to know; to feel |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kannijaną | to make known |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥néh₃ti | to know, recognize |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |