Where does “rötmånadskalv” come from?
rötmånadskalv (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.
rötmånadskalv (Swedish): a two-headed, or otherwise malformed, calf (believed to be common during dog days)
Definitions
- a two-headed, or otherwise malformed, calf (believed to be common during dog days)
Ancestry of “rötmånadskalv”, step by step
rötmånadskalv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish rötmånad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rötmånad | dog days; July 22-24 to August 22-24, after... |
| 2 | Swedish | röta | rot; luck |
| 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- | — |