Where does “luciatärna” come from?
luciatärna (Swedish) comes from Swedish tärna, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
luciatärna (Swedish): (in the Saint Lucy's Day procession sense)
Definitions
- (in the Saint Lucy's Day procession sense)
Ancestry of “luciatärna”, step by step
luciatärna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tärna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tärna | a bridesmaid; a tern; to cut into cubes |
| 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- | — |
via Swedish Lucia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | Lucia | Saint Lucy / Saint Lucia (a female Sicilian martyr and saint celebrated on December 13 as the only saint to be celebrated in the otherwise Lutheran Scandinavia) |