Where does “lättantändlig” come from?
lättantändlig (Swedish) comes from Swedish antända, from Swedish tända, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
lättantändlig (Swedish): that easily starts to burn; flammable, inflammable
Definitions
- that easily starts to burn; flammable, inflammable
Ancestry of “lättantändlig”, step by step
lättantändlig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish antända
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | antända | to set on fire; to set fire to, to light; to... |
| 2 | Swedish | tända | to light, to ignite; to turn on lights; to... |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 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- | — |