Where does “hjertestop” come from?
hjertestop (Danish) comes from Danish stop, from Danish stoppe, from Old Norse stoppa, from Middle Low German stoppen, from Frankish stoppōn, from Proto-Germanic stuppōną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewb-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.
hjertestop (Danish): heart failure; cardiac arrest
Definitions
- heart failure; cardiac arrest
Ancestry of “hjertestop”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | stop | imperative of stoppe; stop |
| 2 | Danish | stoppe | to stop, halt; to stop; to cram |
| 3 | Old Norse | stoppa | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | stoppen | — |
| 5 | Frankish | stoppōn | to cram, plug, stuff |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | stuppōną | to stop; to close |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewb- | to push, hit; to push; stick; to push, butt,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |