Where does “kalvning” come from?
kalvning (Swedish) comes from Swedish kalva, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
kalvning (Swedish): calving the act of giving birth to a calf
Definitions
- calving the act of giving birth to a calf
Ancestry of “kalvning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kalva | to give birth; to calve |
| 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- | — |