Where does “vallöfte” come from?
vallöfte (Swedish) comes from Swedish löfte, from Swedish Lova, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
vallöfte (Swedish): a political promise made before an election (to attract voters); an election promise
Definitions
- a political promise made before an election (to attract voters); an election promise
Ancestry of “vallöfte”, step by step
vallöfte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish löfte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | löfte | a promise; a vow |
| 2 | Swedish | Lova | — |
| 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- | — |