Where does “haka på” come from?
haka på (Swedish) comes from Swedish haka, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
haka på (Swedish): to hook up (a trailer or similar)
Definitions
- to hook up (a trailer or similar)
Ancestry of “haka på”, step by step
haka på traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish haka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | haka | chin, lower part of face |
| 2 | Swedish | a | from |
| 3 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 4 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 5 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 7 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |
via Swedish på
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | på | on, on top of; touching from above; on, against,... |