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
Definitions
- a flagellant
Ancestry of “självgisslare”, step by step
självgisslare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish gisslare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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- | — |