Where does “hårgelé” come from?
hårgelé (Swedish) comes from Swedish hår, from Old Norse hér, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti, from Proto-West Germanic kwidu — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
hårgelé (Swedish): hair gel
Definitions
- hair gel
Ancestry of “hårgelé”, step by step
hårgelé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish hår
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hår | hair |
| 2 | Old Norse | hér | here |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hē₂r | here, in this place |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 5 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 6 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 7 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Swedish gelé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | gelé | jelly |
| 2 | French | gelée | frost; jelly; jelly-like substance |
| 3 | Latin | gelātus | frozen, congealed, having been frozen |
| 4 | French | gélatine | gelatine |
| 5 | Italian | gelatina | gelatin |
| 6 | Italian | gelare | To freeze, to chill, to frost; To freeze; To be... |
| 7 | Latin | gelō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |