Where does “tändhatt” come from?
tändhatt (Swedish) comes from Swedish tända, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
tändhatt (Swedish): a primer, a blasting cap
Definitions
- a primer, a blasting cap
Ancestry of “tändhatt”, step by step
tändhatt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tända
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tända | to light, to ignite; to turn on lights; to... |
| 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- | — |