Where does “hink och spade” come from?
hink och spade (Swedish) comes from Swedish och, from Old Swedish ock, from Old Norse ok, from Old Norse svá, from Proto-Germanic swa, from Proto-Germanic swē, from Proto-Indo-European swē — self (reflexive pronoun).
hink och spade (Swedish): bucket and spade, pail and shovel
Definitions
- bucket and spade, pail and shovel
Ancestry of “hink och spade”, step by step
hink och spade traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish och
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | och | and; used to connect two homogeneous words or... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | ock | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | ok | and; also, too; yoke |
| 4 | Old Norse | svá | so |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | swa | so, thus, in this manner |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | swē | like, similar to; just like, in the same manner... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swē | self (reflexive pronoun) |
via Swedish spade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | spade | a spade |
| 2 | Old Norse | spaði | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | spāde | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | spado | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | spadô | spade |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sph₂-dʰ- | — |
via Swedish hink
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hink | bucket |