Where does “våldgästa” come from?
våldgästa (Swedish) comes from Swedish gasta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
våldgästa (Swedish): to visit uninvited
Definitions
- to visit uninvited
Ancestry of “våldgästa”, step by step
våldgästa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish gasta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | gasta | to shout or scream at the top of one's voice |
| 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- | — |