Where does “smetning” come from?
smetning (Swedish) comes from Swedish smeta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
smetning (Swedish): smearing the act of putting a sticky substance on something
Definitions
- smearing the act of putting a sticky substance on something
Ancestry of “smetning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | smeta | }} to smear (put a thick or sticky substance on) |
| 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- | — |