Where does “ljuddämpare” come from?
ljuddämpare (Swedish) comes from Swedish dämpare, from Swedish dämpa, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
ljuddämpare (Swedish): muffler (US) or silencer (UK); part of the exhaust pipe of a vehicle that dampens the noise the engine produces
Definitions
- muffler (US) or silencer (UK); part of the exhaust pipe of a vehicle that dampens the noise the engine produces
Ancestry of “ljuddämpare”, step by step
ljuddämpare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish dämpare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | dämpare | a damper (device that dampens mechanical oscillations) |
| 2 | Swedish | dämpa | }} to damp (suppress vibrations) |
| 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 ljud
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ljud | sound |
| 2 | Old Swedish | liuþ | a musical sound, tune, music |
| 3 | Old Norse | hljóð | silence, hearing; a sound, cry; a musical sound,... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hleuþą | listening, hearing; sound |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱlew-to- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱlew- | to hear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |