Where does “upphittare” come from?

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

upphittare (Swedish): a finder (of something someone probably lost)

Definitions

  1. a finder (of something someone probably lost)

Ancestry of “upphittare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishupphittato find (something someone probably lost)
2Swedishuppup
3Swedishlöpato run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly...
4Old Swedishløpato run
5Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
6Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
7Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną →Every word from Old Norse hlaupa →