Where does “vitkalka” come from?
vitkalka (Swedish) comes from Swedish kalka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
vitkalka (Swedish): to whitewash (paint white with whitewash)
Definitions
- to whitewash (paint white with whitewash)
Ancestry of “vitkalka”, step by step
vitkalka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kalka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kalka | to lime (treat with lime (calcium hydroxide (kalciumhydroxid) or calcium oxide (kalciumoxid)), especially to reduce acidity) |
| 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- | — |