Where does “väldoftande” come from?
väldoftande (Swedish) comes from Swedish doftande, from Swedish dofta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
väldoftande (Swedish): having a pleasant smell; fragrant, nice-smelling
Definitions
- having a pleasant smell; fragrant, nice-smelling
Ancestry of “väldoftande”, step by step
väldoftande traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish doftande
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | doftande | sweet |
| 2 | Swedish | dofta | to smell pleasant or sweet, to have a pleasant... |
| 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- | — |