Where does “spågumma” come from?
spågumma (Swedish) comes from Swedish gumma, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
spågumma (Swedish): (and old)
Definitions
- (and old)
Ancestry of “spågumma”, step by step
spågumma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish gumma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | gumma | an old woman, an old lady |
| 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- | — |