Where does “baklås” come from?

baklås (Swedish) comes from Swedish lås, from Old Norse láss, from Hungarian lát, from German lōt, from Hebrew לוֹט — myrrh.

baklås (Swedish): to be jammed (of a lock, making a door or the like impossible to open the normal way)

Definitions

  1. to be jammed (of a lock, making a door or the like impossible to open the normal way)

Ancestry of “baklås”, step by step

baklås traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish lås

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlåsa lock
2Old Norselásslock
3Hungarianlátto see
4Germanlōtplummet device for measuring water depth
5Hebrewלוֹטmyrrh

via Swedish båk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbåkdaymark
2Turkishbaksecond-person singular imperative of bakmak; look
3Turkishbakmakto look (at), gaze
4Ottoman Turkishباقمقto look; to look at
5Proto-Turkic*bak-to look; to watch
Every word from Hebrew לוֹט →Every word from German lōt →Every word from Hungarian lát →