Where does “snedtändning” come from?
snedtändning (Swedish) comes from Swedish tändning, from Swedish tända, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
snedtändning (Swedish): an angry outburst (in reaction to something)
Definitions
- an angry outburst (in reaction to something)
Ancestry of “snedtändning”, step by step
snedtändning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tändning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tändning | lighting, igniting |
| 2 | Swedish | tända | to light, to ignite; to turn on lights; to... |
| 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- | — |