Where does “skyltfönster” come from?
skyltfönster (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.
skyltfönster (Swedish): a shop window
Ancestry of “skyltfönster”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 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- | — |