Where does “saxning” come from?
saxning (Swedish) comes from Swedish saxa, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
saxning (Swedish): scissoring
Definitions
- scissoring
Ancestry of “saxning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | saxa | to cut (something) out (from a paper or magazine) |
| 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- | — |