Where does “fatta noll” come from?

fatta noll (Swedish) comes from Swedish noll, from Latin nūllus, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

fatta noll (Swedish): to not understand anything, to not get it at all

Definitions

  1. to not understand anything, to not get it at all

Ancestry of “fatta noll”, step by step

fatta noll traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish noll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishnollzero
2Latinnūllusno one, none, not any, nothing
3Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via Swedish fatta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfattato grasp, take hold in one's hand; the concrete meaning of grasp
2Middle Low Germanvāten—
3Old Dutchfaton—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →