Where does “alltiallo” come from?
alltiallo (Swedish) comes from Swedish allt, 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 — hill.
alltiallo (Swedish): A handyman, a factotum, a do-all; a catch-all term for someone with a wide variety of tasks (often practical or administrative) that otherwise cannot easily or accurately be summarised in a concise manner
Definitions
- A handyman, a factotum, a do-all; a catch-all term for someone with a wide variety of tasks (often practical or administrative) that otherwise cannot easily or accurately be summarised in a concise manner
Ancestry of “alltiallo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | allt | everything, all; neuter singular of all |
| 2 | Swedish | all | all |
| 3 | Swedish | i | used to signify that an action is done with... |
| 4 | Swedish | hop | heap, collection; a whole bunch |
| 5 | Old Norse | hópr | heap; group |
| 6 | Middle Low German | hōp | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | hōp | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | haup | heap, pile |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | haupaz | a heap, pile; a crowd, throng |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | koupos | hill |