Where does “hopsamling” come from?
hopsamling (Swedish) comes from Swedish hopsamla, 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 — hill.
hopsamling (Swedish): gathering
Definitions
- gathering
Ancestry of “hopsamling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hopsamla | gather |
| 2 | Swedish | ihop | together |
| 3 | Swedish | i | used to signify that an action is done with... |
| 4 | Swedish | hop | heap, collection; a whole bunch |
| 5 | Old Norse | hópr | heap; group |
| 6 | Middle Low German | hōp | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | hōp | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | haup | heap, pile |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | haupaz | a heap, pile; a crowd, throng |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | koupos | hill |