Where does “då och då” come from?
då och då (Swedish) comes from Swedish då, from Old Swedish þa, from Old Norse þá, from Germanic *þan, from Proto-Germanic þan, from Proto-Germanic þam, from Proto-Indo-European tóm, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
då och då (Swedish): now and then, every so often, from time to time, occasionally
Definitions
- now and then, every so often, from time to time, occasionally
Ancestry of “då och då”, step by step
då och då traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish då
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | då | then; at that time; then; in that case; what... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | þa | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | þá | then, at that time; that; those |
| 4 | Germanic | *þan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þan | then, at that time |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þam | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tóm | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
via Swedish och
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | och | and; used to connect two homogeneous words or... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | ock | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | ok | and; also, too; yoke |
| 4 | Old Norse | svá | so |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | swa | so, thus, in this manner |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | swē | like, similar to; just like, in the same manner... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swē | self (reflexive pronoun) |