Where does “brinna i knutarna” come from?
brinna i knutarna (Swedish) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European koupos — hill.
brinna i knutarna (Swedish): to be great urgency due to lack of time; to be no time to lose, etc
Definitions
- to be great urgency due to lack of time; to be no time to lose, etc
Ancestry of “brinna i knutarna”, step by step
brinna i knutarna traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | i | used to signify that an action is done with... |
| 2 | Swedish | hop | heap, collection; a whole bunch |
| 3 | Old Norse | hópr | heap; group |
| 4 | Middle Low German | hōp | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | hōp | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | haup | heap, pile |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haupaz | a heap, pile; a crowd, throng |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | koupos | hill |
via Swedish brinna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | brinna | to burn |
| 2 | Old Swedish | brinna | to burn, be on fire |
| 3 | Old Norse | brenna | to burn with a flame; to be consumed by fire;... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | brannijaną | to cause to burn, to set on fire |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish knutarna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | knutarna | — |