Where does “smyghöjning” come from?
smyghöjning (Swedish) comes from Swedish smyghöja, from Swedish höja, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
smyghöjning (Swedish): furtive raising
Definitions
- furtive raising
Ancestry of “smyghöjning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | smyghöja | furtively raise |
| 2 | Swedish | höja | to raise; make something higher; to up |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 6 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 8 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |