Where does “skepparkrans” come from?
skepparkrans (Swedish) comes from Swedish skeppare, from Swedish skeppa, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
skepparkrans (Swedish): A beard running along the jaw line and up to the...
Definitions
- A beard running along the jaw line and up to the...
Ancestry of “skepparkrans”, step by step
skepparkrans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish skeppare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skeppare | a skipper, a captain |
| 2 | Swedish | skeppa | to ship; to transport by ship or by boat |
| 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- | — |