Where does “stansa” come from?
stansa (Swedish) comes from Swedish stans, from Swedish städ, from Old Swedish stæþ, from Old Norse steði, from Old Norse -i, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
stansa (Swedish): }} to punch or cut holes in sheet metal, cardboard, rolled-out dough, or some other sheet of material; to punch, to die-cut
Definitions
- }} to punch or cut holes in sheet metal, cardboard, rolled-out dough, or some other sheet of material; to punch, to die-cut
Ancestry of “stansa”, step by step
stansa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish stans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | stans | Punch, a medical tool to sample skin pieces for... |
| 2 | Swedish | städ | anvil |
| 3 | Old Swedish | stæþ | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | steði | anvil |
| 5 | Old Norse | -i | th |
| 6 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Swedish a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | a | from |
| 2 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 3 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 4 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 6 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |