Where does “alltmer” come from?
alltmer (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.
alltmer (Swedish): increasingly, more and more
Definitions
- increasingly, more and more
Ancestry of “alltmer”, step by step
alltmer 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 |