Where does “hälsningsfras” come from?
hälsningsfras (Swedish) comes from Swedish hälsning, from Swedish hälsa, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
hälsningsfras (Swedish): a greeting, a salutation
Definitions
- a greeting, a salutation
Ancestry of “hälsningsfras”, step by step
hälsningsfras traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish hälsning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hälsning | a greeting (in person) |
| 2 | Swedish | hälsa | health; to greet, salute; bid welcome; to send... |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 6 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 8 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |
via Swedish fräs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fräs | a mill, a milling machine, a cutter; a tiller, a... |
| 2 | Late Latin | phrasis | diction |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φράσις | speech; way of speaking, expression; expression,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φράζω | to make known, point out, intimate, show; to... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φράσσω | to fence in, hedge around, secure, fortify; to... |