Where does “dra åt helvete” come from?
dra åt helvete (Swedish) comes from Swedish åt, from Old Norse át, from Proto-Germanic at, from Proto-Germanic ētą, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.
dra åt helvete (Swedish): to fuck off (leave)
Definitions
- to fuck off (leave)
Ancestry of “dra åt helvete”, step by step
dra åt helvete traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish åt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | åt | for; to, towards, in a certain direction |
| 2 | Old Norse | át | the act of eating; food; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | at | at, toward, to |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ētą | the act of eating; food |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | etaną | to eat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁édti | to eat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |
via Swedish dra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | dra | pull; to tell a short story or joke; leave for... |
| 2 | Swedish | draga | Dated form of dra |
| 3 | Middle Low German | dragen | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | dragan | to go, to travel |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dragan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | draganą | to draw, to pull, to carry |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵ- | pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide |