Where does “solförmörkelse” come from?
solförmörkelse (Swedish) comes from Swedish förmörkelse, from Swedish förmörka, from Swedish mörka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa.
solförmörkelse (Swedish): a solar eclipse
Definitions
- a solar eclipse
Ancestry of “solförmörkelse”, step by step
solförmörkelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish förmörkelse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | förmörkelse | an eclipse |
| 2 | Swedish | förmörka | to eclipse, to darken |
| 3 | Swedish | mörka | to hide; to perform a cover-up |
| 4 | Swedish | a | from |
| 5 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 6 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 7 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 8 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 9 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |