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
Definitions
- a shop window
Ancestry of “skyltfönster”, step by step
skyltfönster 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- | — |