Where does “hatkärlek” come from?

hatkärlek (Swedish) comes from Swedish kärlek, from Old Swedish kærleker, from Old Norse kærleikr, from Old Norse leikr, from Middle Low German lek, from Latin lāicus, from Ancient Greek λαϊκός, from Ancient Greek λᾱός — to bark, howl; to be concealed.

hatkärlek (Swedish): love-hate relationship; love-hatred

Definitions

  1. love-hate relationship; love-hatred

Ancestry of “hatkärlek”, step by step

hatkärlek traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish kärlek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkärleklove; a love, a darling, a romance
2Old Swedishkærleker
3Old Norsekærleikrfriendly terms, intimacy
4Old Norseleikrgame; sport; contest
5Middle Low Germanlek
6Latinlāicuslay (of the laity)
7Ancient Greekλαϊκόςof the people; popular
8Ancient Greekλᾱόςpeople; men; the people
9Proto-Helleniclāwóspeople, crowd
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂wospeople
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂-to bark, howl; to be concealed

via German Hassliebe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHassliebelove-hate relationship
2GermanHaßAlternative spelling of Hass
3Germanrēdespeech, address
4Middle High Germanrede
5Old High Germanredia
6Proto-Germanicraþjǭaccount, reasoning
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Swedish hat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhathatred, haught
2Old Norsehatrhatred, spite, aversion
3Proto-Germanichatazhate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeh₂d-hatred, angriness; strong emotion
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leh₂-
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