Where does “späkning” come from?
späkning (Swedish) comes from West Iranian spaka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
späkning (Swedish): mortification suppression of desires and appetites
Definitions
- mortification suppression of desires and appetites
Ancestry of “späkning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Iranian | spaka | — |
| 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- | — |