Where does “svarttärna” come from?

svarttärna (Swedish) comes from Swedish tärna, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.

svarttärna (Swedish): a black tern (Chlidonias niger)

Definitions

  1. a black tern (Chlidonias niger)

Ancestry of “svarttärna”, step by step

svarttärna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish tärna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtärnaa bridesmaid; a tern; to cut into cubes
2Swedishafrom
3Swedishavloppa drain; sewage
4Swedishloppa race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English)
5Swedishlöpato run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly...
6Old Swedishløpato run
7Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
8Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
9Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—

via Swedish svart

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsvartblack; illegal; in avoidance of taxes
2Old Swedishsvarterblack
3Old Norsesvartrblack
4Proto-Germanicswartazblack
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswordo-dirty, dark, black
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną →Every word from Old Norse hlaupa →