Where does “lingonvecka” come from?
lingonvecka (Swedish) comes from Swedish vecka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
lingonvecka (Swedish): the time during which a woman is on her period; a shark week
Definitions
- the time during which a woman is on her period; a shark week
Ancestry of “lingonvecka”, step by step
lingonvecka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish vecka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | vecka | a week, a period of 7 days; a numbered period,... |
| 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- | — |