Where does “tvärbromsa” come from?
tvärbromsa (Swedish) comes from Swedish bromsa, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
tvärbromsa (Swedish): to hit the brakes (brake sharply and suddenly, also figuratively)
Definitions
- to hit the brakes (brake sharply and suddenly, also figuratively)
Ancestry of “tvärbromsa”, step by step
tvärbromsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bromsa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bromsa | to brake |
| 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- | — |