Where does “tändsticka” come from?
tändsticka (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.
tändsticka (Swedish): a match; device to make fire
Definitions
- a match; device to make fire
Ancestry of “tändsticka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 run, trace, track, path, a running ... |
| 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- | — |
Words derived from “tändsticka”