Where does “skyltdocka” come from?
skyltdocka (Swedish) comes from Swedish skylta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
skyltdocka (Swedish): a mannequin (dummy for displaying clothes)
Definitions
- a mannequin (dummy for displaying clothes)
Ancestry of “skyltdocka”, step by step
skyltdocka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish skylta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skylta | to put up signs with some message; to advertise... |
| 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- | — |