Where does “rening” come from?
rening (Swedish) comes from Swedish rena, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
rening (Swedish): purification, cleaning (often in the context of water treatment and the like)
Definitions
- purification, cleaning (often in the context of water treatment and the like)
Ancestry of “rening”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rena | to purify, to remove impurities from; to purify;... |
| 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- | — |