Where does “å andra sidan” come from?
å andra sidan (Swedish) comes from Swedish å, from Swedish och, from Old Swedish ock, from Old Norse ok, from Old Norse svá, from Proto-Germanic swa, from Proto-Germanic swē, from Proto-Indo-European swē.
å andra sidan (Swedish): on the other hand.
Ancestry of “å andra sidan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | å | a river, a creek, a big stream; on |
| 2 | Swedish | och | and; used to connect two homogeneous words or... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | ock | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | ok | and; also, too; yoke |
| 5 | Old Norse | svá | so |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | swa | so, thus, in this manner |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | swē | like, similar to; just like, in the same manner... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swē | — |