Where does “lemlästa” come from?
lemlästa (Swedish) comes from Swedish lasta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
lemlästa (Swedish): to dismember to remove limbs
Definitions
- to dismember to remove limbs
Ancestry of “lemlästa”, step by step
lemlästa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish lasta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | lasta | to load; to put a load on something; to fill with... |
| 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- | — |