Where does “självgisslare” come from?
självgisslare (Swedish) comes from Swedish gisslare, from Swedish gissla, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
självgisslare (Swedish): a flagellant
Ancestry of “självgisslare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | gisslare | a whipper, a torturer; a flagellant; a scourge, a... |
| 2 | Swedish | gissla | to whip, to flagellate; to torture, to hurt; to... |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a run, trace, track, path, a running ... |
| 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- | — |