Where does “vitvingad tärna” come from?
vitvingad tärna (Swedish) comes from Swedish tärna, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
vitvingad tärna (Swedish): a white-winged tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
Definitions
- a white-winged tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
Ancestry of “vitvingad tärna”, step by step
vitvingad tärna traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tärna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tärna | a bridesmaid; a tern; to cut into cubes |
| 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- | — |