Where does “hinna ifatt” come from?
hinna ifatt (Swedish) comes from Swedish ifatt, from Swedish i, from Swedish hop, from Old Norse hópr, from Middle Low German hōp, from Old Saxon hōp, from Proto-West Germanic haup, from Proto-Germanic haupaz — hill.
hinna ifatt (Swedish): to catch up (to)
Definitions
- to catch up (to)
Ancestry of “hinna ifatt”, step by step
hinna ifatt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish ifatt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ifatt | used to denote that something is catching up with something, as in reaching something ahead |
| 2 | Swedish | i | used to signify that an action is done with... |
| 3 | Swedish | hop | heap, collection; a whole bunch |
| 4 | Old Norse | hópr | heap; group |
| 5 | Middle Low German | hōp | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | hōp | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | haup | heap, pile |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | haupaz | a heap, pile; a crowd, throng |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | koupos | hill |