Where does “skumslev” come from?
skumslev (Swedish) comes from Swedish skumma, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
skumslev (Swedish): a skimmer, a slotted spoon
Definitions
- a skimmer, a slotted spoon
Ancestry of “skumslev”, step by step
skumslev traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish skumma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skumma | to foam (create foam, with the substance as agent) |
| 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- | — |