Where does “potatisskalare” come from?
potatisskalare (Swedish) comes from Swedish skalare, from Swedish skåla, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
potatisskalare (Swedish): a peeler; a potato peeler
Definitions
- a peeler; a potato peeler
Ancestry of “potatisskalare”, step by step
potatisskalare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish skalare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skalare | peeler |
| 2 | Swedish | skåla | to toast, to engage in a salutation and/or... |
| 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- | — |