Where does “stötdämpare” come from?
stötdämpare (Swedish) comes from Swedish dämpare, from Swedish dämpa, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
stötdämpare (Swedish): a shock absorber
Definitions
- a shock absorber
Ancestry of “stötdämpare”, step by step
stötdämpare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish dämpare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | dämpare | a damper (device that dampens mechanical oscillations) |
| 2 | Swedish | dämpa | }} to damp (suppress vibrations) |
| 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- | — |