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
Definitions
- a New Year's resolution
Ancestry of “nyårslöfte”, step by step
nyårslöfte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish löfte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | löfte | a promise; a vow |
| 2 | Swedish | Lova | — |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 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- | — |
via Swedish nyår
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | nyår | New Year; the time about New Year's Eve / New... |
| 2 | Swedish | år | a year |
| 3 | French | are | an are |
| 4 | Latin | ārea | a piece of level ground, a vacant place (esp. in the town) |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | āzeā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs-e-yeh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |