Where does “återkoppla” come from?
återkoppla (Swedish) comes from Swedish koppla, from Swedish koppel, from Middle Low German koppel, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis — the god Apis.
återkoppla (Swedish): to feed back
Definitions
- to feed back
Ancestry of “återkoppla”, step by step
återkoppla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish koppla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | koppla | to connect, to harness, to couple |
| 2 | Swedish | koppel | a leash |
| 3 | Middle Low German | koppel | pasture |
| 4 | Latin | cōpula | a bond, tie, band or other connecting item |
| 5 | Latin | coapula | — |
| 6 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 7 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 8 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 10 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 11 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |
via Swedish åter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | åter | again; back |
| 2 | Old Swedish | āter | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | aptr | back; again |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | aftrą | back, backwards; again, once more |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epoteros | further behind, further away |