Where does “kulstötning” come from?
kulstötning (Swedish) comes from Swedish stöta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
kulstötning (Swedish): shot put (athletics event)
Definitions
- shot put (athletics event)
Ancestry of “kulstötning”, step by step
kulstötning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish stöta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | stöta | to push, to shock, to knock, to blow, to strike,... |
| 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- | — |