Where does “sammanstötning” come from?
sammanstötning (Swedish) comes from Swedish sammanstöta, from Swedish stöta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
sammanstötning (Swedish): a collision
Definitions
- a collision
Ancestry of “sammanstötning”, step by step
sammanstötning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish sammanstöta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sammanstöta | to collide |
| 2 | Swedish | stöta | to push, to shock, to knock, to blow, to strike,... |
| 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- | — |
via Swedish ning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ning | — |