Where does “spaningsmord” come from?
spaningsmord (Swedish) comes from English spaning, from Swedish spåna, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
spaningsmord (Swedish): murder without a suspect after a few days of investigation
Definitions
- murder without a suspect after a few days of investigation
Ancestry of “spaningsmord”, step by step
spaningsmord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English spaning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spaning | present participle of spane |
| 2 | Swedish | spåna | to ponder, consider |
| 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- | — |