Where does “tage sig sammen” come from?
tage sig sammen (Danish) comes from Danish sig, from Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic sik, from Proto-Germanic sīką, from Proto-Indo-European seykʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European sey- — to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...
tage sig sammen (Danish): get one's act together, pull oneself together, man up (unisexually, though)
Definitions
- get one's act together, pull oneself together, man up (unisexually, though)
Ancestry of “tage sig sammen”, step by step
tage sig sammen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish sig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | sig | third-person pronoun; imperative of sige |
| 2 | Old Norse | sik | oneself |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sik | Alternative form of *sek |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sīką | trickling water; a dribble; a slow brook; a... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | seykʷ- | to moisten; to filter |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sey- | to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;... |