Where does “skeppare” come from?
skeppare (Swedish) comes from Swedish skeppa, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
skeppare (Swedish): a skipper, a captain
Ancestry of “skeppare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | skeppa | to ship; to transport by ship or by boat |
| 2 | Swedish | a | from |
| 3 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 4 | Swedish | lopp | a run, trace, track, path, a running ... |
| 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- | — |
Words derived from “skeppare”