Where does “rötmånad” come from?
rötmånad (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.
rötmånad (Swedish): dog days; July 22-24 to August 22-24, after...
Definitions
- dog days; July 22-24 to August 22-24, after...
Ancestry of “rötmånad”, step by step
rötmånad 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- | — |