Where does “löftesman” come from?
löftesman (Swedish) comes from Swedish löfte, from Swedish Lova, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
löftesman (Swedish): surety, guarantor one who undertakes to pay money in the event that the principal fails to do so
Definitions
- surety, guarantor one who undertakes to pay money in the event that the principal fails to do so
Ancestry of “löftesman”, step by step
löftesman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish löfte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | löfte | a promise; a vow |
| 2 | Swedish | Lova | — |
| 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- | — |