Where does “hejaramsa” come from?
hejaramsa (Swedish) comes from Swedish heja, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
hejaramsa (Swedish): a chant (in support of a competitor at a sports event)
Definitions
- a chant (in support of a competitor at a sports event)
Ancestry of “hejaramsa”, step by step
hejaramsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish heja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | heja | cheer; to greet by saying "hej"; go! |
| 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 ramsa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ramsa | a set string of words or syllables (often more or less ritualistic in nature); a rhyme, a formula, an incantation, etc |