Where does “maratonlopp” come from?
maratonlopp (Swedish) comes from Swedish maraton, from Ancient Greek Μαραθών, from Ancient Greek -ών, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön — sound, voice.
maratonlopp (Swedish): a marathon race
Definitions
- a marathon race
Ancestry of “maratonlopp”, step by step
maratonlopp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish maraton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | maraton | marathon |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Μαραθών | Marathon, a town northeast of Athens |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ών | forms words for places |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 5 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 6 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 7 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 8 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 9 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 10 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via Swedish lopp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 2 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 4 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |