Where does “ha det bra” come from?
ha det bra (Swedish) comes from Swedish ha, from Swedish häva, from Swedish håv, from Swedish ström, from Old Swedish strömber, from Old Norse straumr, from Proto-Germanic straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European srowmos — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
ha det bra (Swedish): goodbye, take care
Definitions
- goodbye, take care
Ancestry of “ha det bra”, step by step
ha det bra traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish ha
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ha | To have; to possess, or to have as a property; to... |
| 2 | Swedish | häva | to heave, to lift; to end, to terminate |
| 3 | Swedish | håv | hand net |
| 4 | Swedish | ström | current, flow; the part of a fluid that moves... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | strömber | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | straumr | a stream, a current, a race, a river; the tide |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | straumaz | stream, current, river |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | srowmos | river |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |
via Swedish bra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bra | good; well |
| 2 | Swedish | braf | good, brave |
| 3 | Low German | brav | — |
| 4 | French | brave | brave; honest; hero |
| 5 | Italian | bravo | good, well-behaved; good, skilful, capable,... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | bravus | — |
| 7 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |
via Swedish det
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | det | It; third-person singular, referring to nouns of... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | þæt | it; that |
| 3 | Old Norse | þat | it; that |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þat | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *sa |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |