Where does “hårnålskurva” come from?
hårnålskurva (Swedish) comes from Swedish hårnål, 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 — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
hårnålskurva (Swedish): hairpin turn, hairpin bend
Definitions
- hairpin turn, hairpin bend
Ancestry of “hårnålskurva”, step by step
hårnålskurva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish hårnål
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hårnål | hairpin |
| 2 | Swedish | hår | hair |
| 3 | Old Norse | hér | here |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hē₂r | here, in this place |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 6 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 7 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 8 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Swedish kurva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kurva | curve, arc; a bend of a road |
| 2 | Latin | curva | nominative feminine singular of curvus;... |
| 3 | Latin | curvus | bent, crooked, curved |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |