Where does “alltmedan” come from?
alltmedan (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.
alltmedan (Swedish): all the while, whilst (at the same time as)
Definitions
- all the while, whilst (at the same time as)
Ancestry of “alltmedan”, step by step
alltmedan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish allt
| 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 |