Where does “uppbrott” come from?

uppbrott (Swedish) comes from Swedish upp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

uppbrott (Swedish): a (preparing to and) breaking up (departing) from a place (by a group of people, moving together or going separate ways), e.g. a military decampment or people going home when a party ends

Definitions

  1. a (preparing to and) breaking up (departing) from a place (by a group of people, moving together or going separate ways), e.g. a military decampment or people going home when a party ends

Ancestry of “uppbrott”, step by step

uppbrott traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish upp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishuppup
2Swedishlöpato run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly...
3Old Swedishløpato run
4Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
5Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
6Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—

via Swedish brott

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbrotta break, a snap; an instance of something...
2Old Norsebrot—
3Proto-Germanicbrutąthat which is broken off e.g. piece, fragment etc
4Proto-Germanicbreutanąto destroy, crush, break
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewd-to break
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną →Every word from Old Norse hlaupa →