Where does “återkoppling” come from?
återkoppling (Swedish) comes from Swedish återkoppla, from Swedish koppla, from Swedish koppel, from Middle Low German koppel, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium — the god Apis.
återkoppling (Swedish): feedback critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results
Definitions
- feedback critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results
Ancestry of “återkoppling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | återkoppla | to feed back |
| 2 | Swedish | koppla | to connect, to harness, to couple |
| 3 | Swedish | koppel | a leash |
| 4 | Middle Low German | koppel | pasture |
| 5 | Latin | cōpula | a bond, tie, band or other connecting item |
| 6 | Latin | coapula | — |
| 7 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 8 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 9 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 11 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 12 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |