Where does “landsvägscykling” come from?
landsvägscykling (Swedish) comes from Swedish cykling, from Swedish cykla, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
landsvägscykling (Swedish): road bicycle racing
Definitions
- road bicycle racing
Ancestry of “landsvägscykling”, step by step
landsvägscykling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish cykling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | cykling | cycling, biking |
| 2 | Swedish | cykla | to cycle, to ride a bike |
| 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- | — |
via Swedish landsväg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | landsväg | a highway, a main public road |
| 2 | Swedish | väg | road, street, path; way, course, direction,... |
| 3 | French | vague | wave; vague; vagueness |
| 4 | Middle French | vague | — |
| 5 | Old French | vague | movement on the surface of a liquid, ripple |
| 6 | Old Norse | vágr | ocean, sea; inlet, bay |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wēgaz | wave; sea |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |