Where does “dö knall och fall” come from?

dö knall och fall (Swedish) comes from Swedish fäll, from Old Norse fall, from Old Norse falla, from Proto-Germanic fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European pōl-, from Slovincian pól, from Proto-Slavic polъ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pelH- — to split off, separate; to chop, to separate.

dö knall och fall (Swedish): to die suddenly and unexpectedly

Definitions

  1. to die suddenly and unexpectedly

Ancestry of “dö knall och fall”, step by step

dö knall och fall traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish fäll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfällskin, hide, pelt
2Old Norsefall
3Old Norsefallato fall
4Proto-Germanicfallanąto fall
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpōl-
6Slovincianpólhalf
7Proto-Slavicpolъside, flank; half; member of a pair of options →...
8Proto-Indo-European(s)pelH-to split off, separate; to chop, to separate

via Swedish och

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishochand; used to connect two homogeneous words or...
2Old Swedishock
3Old Norseokand; also, too; yoke
4Old Norsesváso
5Proto-Germanicswaso, thus, in this manner
6Proto-Germanicswēlike, similar to; just like, in the same manner...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswēself (reflexive pronoun)

via Swedish knall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishknallbang
2Swedishknallfullvery drunk
3Swedishfullfull; drunk, intoxicated
4Old Norsefullrfull
5Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pelH-