Where does “allgod” come from?
allgod (Swedish) comes from Swedish all, from Swedish i, from Swedish hop, from Old Norse hópr, from Middle Low German hōp, from Old Saxon hōp, from Proto-West Germanic haup, from Proto-Germanic haupaz — hill.
allgod (Swedish): all-good, omnibenevolent used mostly in reference to God
Definitions
- all-good, omnibenevolent used mostly in reference to God
Ancestry of “allgod”, step by step
allgod traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish all
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | all | all |
| 2 | Swedish | i | used to signify that an action is done with... |
| 3 | Swedish | hop | heap, collection; a whole bunch |
| 4 | Old Norse | hópr | heap; group |
| 5 | Middle Low German | hōp | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | hōp | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | haup | heap, pile |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | haupaz | a heap, pile; a crowd, throng |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | koupos | hill |