Where does “veckovill” come from?

veckovill (Swedish) comes from Swedish vecka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.

veckovill (Swedish): not knowing what day of the week it is

Definitions

  1. not knowing what day of the week it is

Ancestry of “veckovill”, step by step

veckovill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish vecka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishveckaa week, a period of 7 days; a numbered period,...
2Swedishafrom
3Swedishavloppa drain; sewage
4Swedishloppa race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English)
5Swedishlöpato run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly...
6Old Swedishløpato run
7Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
8Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
9Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-

via Swedish vill

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvilllost
2Old Norsevillrwild
3Proto-Germanicwilþijazwild
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂welh₁-to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup-Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaupanąEvery word from Old Norse hlaupa