Where does “smutsa” come from?

smutsa (Swedish) comes from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

smutsa (Swedish): }} to make dirty, to soil

Definitions

  1. }} to make dirty, to soil

Ancestry of “smutsa”, step by step

smutsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishafrom
2Swedishavloppa drain; sewage
3Swedishloppa race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English)
4Swedishlöpato run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly...
5Old Swedishløpato run
6Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
7Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
8Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-

via English Smuts

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSmuts
2GermanSchmutzdirt
3Middle High Germansmuz
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup-