Where does “trollmos” come from?
trollmos (Swedish) comes from Swedish trolla, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
trollmos (Swedish): a dessert made from jam and whipped egg whites
Definitions
- a dessert made from jam and whipped egg whites
Ancestry of “trollmos”, step by step
trollmos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish trolla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | trolla | to perform magic or illusionary tricks, which is... |
| 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- | — |