Where does “hissa” come from?

hissa (Swedish) comes from Dutch hijsen, from Middle Dutch hisen.

hissa (Swedish): to hoist; to throw someone in the air; to praise...

Definitions

  1. to hoist; to throw someone in the air; to praise...

Ancestry of “hissa”, step by step

hissa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch hijsen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchhijsento pull up, hoist
2Middle Dutchhisen—

via German hissen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhissento hoist
2Middle Low Germanhissen—

Words derived from “hissa”

Every word from Middle Dutch hisen →Every word from Dutch hijsen →