Where does “månförmörkelse” come from?
månförmörkelse (Swedish) comes from Swedish förmörkelse, from Swedish förmörka, from Swedish mörka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa.
månförmörkelse (Swedish): a lunar eclipse
Definitions
- a lunar eclipse
Ancestry of “månförmörkelse”, step by step
månförmörkelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish förmörkelse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | förmörkelse | an eclipse |
| 2 | Swedish | förmörka | to eclipse, to darken |
| 3 | Swedish | mörka | to hide; to perform a cover-up |
| 4 | Swedish | a | from |
| 5 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 6 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 7 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 8 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 9 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |