Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “rötmånadshistoria” come from?

rötmånadshistoria (Swedish) comes from Swedish rötmånad, from Swedish röta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.

rötmånadshistoria (Swedish): weird news story that breaks during the dog days...

Definitions

  1. weird news story that breaks during the dog days...

Ancestry of “rötmånadshistoria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishrötmånaddog days; July 22-24 to August 22-24, after...
2Swedishrötarot; luck
3Swedishafrom
4Swedishavloppa drain; sewage
5Swedishloppa run, trace, track, path, a running ...
6Swedishlöpato run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly...
7Old Swedishløpato run
8Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
9Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
10Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →