Where does “tvärbromsning” come from?
tvärbromsning (Swedish) comes from Swedish tvärbromsa, from Swedish bromsa, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
tvärbromsning (Swedish): abrupt braking
Definitions
- abrupt braking
Ancestry of “tvärbromsning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tvärbromsa | to hit the brakes (brake sharply and suddenly, also figuratively) |
| 2 | Swedish | bromsa | to brake |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 6 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 8 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |