Where does “gossen i det gröna” come from?

gossen i det gröna (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.

Ancestry of “gossen i det gröna”, step by step

gossen i det gröna traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishiused to signify that an action is done with...
2Swedishhopheap, collection; a whole bunch
3Old Norsehóprheap; group
4Middle Low Germanhōp—
5Old Saxonhōp—
6Proto-West Germanichaupheap, pile
7Proto-Germanichaupaza heap, pile; a crowd, throng
8Proto-Indo-Europeankouposhill

via Swedish det

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishdetIt; third-person singular, referring to nouns of...
2Old Swedishþætit; that
3Old Norseþatit; that
4Proto-Germanicþatnominative/accusative singular neuter of *sa
5Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
6Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
7Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Swedish gossen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgossen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European koupos →Every word from Proto-Germanic haupaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haup →
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