Where does “lemlästning” come from?
lemlästning (Swedish) comes from Swedish lemlästa, from Swedish lasta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
lemlästning (Swedish): maiming, dismemberment
Definitions
- maiming, dismemberment
Ancestry of “lemlästning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | lemlästa | to dismember to remove limbs |
| 2 | Swedish | lasta | to load; to put a load on something; to fill with... |
| 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- | — |