Where does “nyårslöfte” come from?
nyårslöfte (Swedish) comes from Swedish löfte, from Swedish Lova, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
nyårslöfte (Swedish): a New Year's resolution
Ancestry of “nyårslöfte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | löfte | a promise; a vow |
| 2 | Swedish | Lova | — |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a run, trace, track, path, a running ... |
| 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- | — |