Where does “rötägg” come from?
rötägg (Swedish) comes from Swedish röta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
rötägg (Swedish): a bad apple (morally dubious person, especially one who is a bad influence on others)
Definitions
- a bad apple (morally dubious person, especially one who is a bad influence on others)
Ancestry of “rötägg”, step by step
rötägg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish röta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | röta | rot; luck |
| 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- | — |