Where does “nötknäppare” come from?
nötknäppare (Swedish) comes from Swedish knäppa, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
nötknäppare (Swedish): a nutcracker (implement for cracking nuts)
Definitions
- a nutcracker (implement for cracking nuts)
Ancestry of “nötknäppare”, step by step
nötknäppare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish knäppa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | knäppa | to button up, to fasten with button or with a... |
| 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- | — |