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Where does “allt” come from?

allt (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.

allt (Swedish): everything, all; neuter singular of all

Definitions

  1. everything, all; neuter singular of all

Ancestry of “allt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishallall
2Swedishiused to signify that an action is done with...
3Swedishhopheap, collection; a whole bunch
4Old Norsehóprheap; group
5Middle Low Germanhōp—
6Old Saxonhōp—
7Proto-West Germanichaup—
8Proto-Germanichaupaza heap, pile; a crowd, throng
9Proto-Indo-Europeankouposhill
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