leaper

Senso (Inglese)

1. One who leaps.
2. A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
3. A piece, like the knight, which moves a fixed distance, and ignores pieces in the way.
4. Synonym of jumper (“person who attempts suicide by jumping from a height”).
5. A person whose birthday falls on 29 February, and thus only occurs in leap years.

sinonimi

bounder

jumper

skipper

lipper

Traduzioni

القافز

saltador

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: lepere

Ereditato da inglese antico: hlēapere

Affine saterfriesisch: Lööper

Affine frisone occidentale: ljepper

Affine frisone occidentale: loper

Affine olandese: loper

Affine tedesco: Läufer

Affine svedese: löpare

Affine islandese: hlaupari

In summary

From Middle English lepere, lepare, from Old English hlēapere (“runner, leaper, dancer, courier, vagrant”), equivalent to leap + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Lööper (“runner”), West Frisian ljepper (“leaper”), West Frisian loper (“runner”), Dutch loper (“runner”), German Läufer (“runner”), Swedish löpare (“runner”), Icelandic hlaupari (“runner”).