Where does “schaktning” come from?
schaktning (Swedish) comes from Swedish schakta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
schaktning (Swedish): excavation (at a construction site)
Definitions
- excavation (at a construction site)
Ancestry of “schaktning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | schakta | to excavate (as part of a construction project) |
| 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- | — |