Where does “kentsk tärna” come from?
kentsk tärna (Swedish) comes from Swedish tärna, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
kentsk tärna (Swedish): a Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
Definitions
- a Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
Ancestry of “kentsk tärna”, step by step
kentsk tärna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tärna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tärna | a bridesmaid; a tern; to cut into cubes |
| 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 kentsk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kentsk | — |