Where does “hopsamla” come from?
hopsamla (Swedish) comes from Swedish ihop, 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.
hopsamla (Swedish): gather
Definitions
- gather
Ancestry of “hopsamla”, step by step
hopsamla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish ihop
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ihop | together |
| 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 |