Where does “haka upp sig” come from?
haka upp sig (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 upp sig (Swedish): }} to get hung up (on something – focus on to an unreasonable degree)
Definitions
- }} to get hung up (on something – focus on to an unreasonable degree)
Ancestry of “haka upp sig”, step by step
haka upp sig traces back through 3 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 sig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sig | "reflexive case of han, hon, den, det, de or... |
| 2 | Old Norse | sik | oneself |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sik | Alternative form of *sek |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sīką | trickling water; a dribble; a slow brook; a... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | seykʷ- | to moisten; to filter |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sey- | to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;... |