Where does “höjningstecken” come from?
höjningstecken (Swedish) comes from Swedish höjning, from Swedish höja, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
höjningstecken (Swedish): sharp sign, ♯
Definitions
- sharp sign, ♯
Ancestry of “höjningstecken”, step by step
höjningstecken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish höjning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | höjning | a raise |
| 2 | Swedish | höja | to raise; make something higher; to up |
| 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- | — |