Where does “reningsverk” come from?
reningsverk (Swedish) comes from Swedish rening, from Swedish rena, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
reningsverk (Swedish): A purification plant; a machine or facility that purifies a substance
Definitions
- A purification plant; a machine or facility that purifies a substance
Ancestry of “reningsverk”, step by step
reningsverk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish rening
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rening | purification, cleaning (often in the context of water treatment and the like) |
| 2 | Swedish | rena | to purify, to remove impurities from; to purify;... |
| 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- | — |