Where does “plasta” come from?

plasta (Swedish) comes from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

plasta (Swedish): to coat or treat with plastic; to plastic-coat, to laminate, to plasticize, etc

Definitions

  1. to coat or treat with plastic; to plastic-coat, to laminate, to plasticize, etc

Ancestry of “plasta”, step by step

plasta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishafrom
2Swedishavloppa drain; sewage
3Swedishloppa race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English)
4Swedishlöpato run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly...
5Old Swedishløpato run
6Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
7Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
8Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-

via Swedish plast

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishplastplastic; a stiff but usually slightly flexible...
2Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκόςfit for moulding; plastic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup-Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaupanąEvery word from Old Norse hlaupa