Where does “hävstång” come from?
hävstång (Swedish) comes from Swedish stång, from Old Swedish stang, from Old Norse stǫng, from Latin stancus, from Latin stānticus, from Latin stāns, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō.
hävstång (Swedish): a lever (that provides mechanical advantage)
Definitions
- a lever (that provides mechanical advantage)
Ancestry of “hävstång”, step by step
hävstång traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish stång
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | stång | pole; a long and slender piece of metal or wood |
| 2 | Old Swedish | stang | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | stǫng | staff, pole; standard-pole |
| 4 | Latin | stancus | — |
| 5 | Latin | stānticus | tired |
| 6 | Latin | stāns | standing |
| 7 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
via Swedish häva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | häva | to heave, to lift; to end, to terminate |
| 2 | Swedish | håv | hand net |
| 3 | Swedish | ström | current, flow; the part of a fluid that moves... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | strömber | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | straumr | a stream, a current, a race, a river; the tide |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | straumaz | stream, current, river |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | srowmos | river |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |