Where does “ha på känn” come from?
ha på känn (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 på känn (Swedish): to have an (intuitive) feeling (that something is the case or is going to happen or the like)
Definitions
- to have an (intuitive) feeling (that something is the case or is going to happen or the like)
Ancestry of “ha på känn”, step by step
ha på känn 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 känn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | känn | hunch, intuition, "feel" |
| 2 | Swedish | känna | to feel, to sense; to know |
| 3 | Old Swedish | kænna | to make known, teach; to recognize; to notice,... |
| 4 | Old Norse | kenna | to know; to feel |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kannijaną | to make known |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥néh₃ti | to know, recognize |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
via Swedish på
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | på | on, on top of; touching from above; on, against,... |