Where does “i tid och otid” come from?
i tid och otid (Swedish) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European koupos — hill.
i tid och otid (Swedish): all the time, in season and out of season (too often)
Definitions
- all the time, in season and out of season (too often)
Ancestry of “i tid och otid”, step by step
i tid och otid traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | i | used to signify that an action is done with... |
| 2 | Swedish | hop | heap, collection; a whole bunch |
| 3 | Old Norse | hópr | heap; group |
| 4 | Middle Low German | hōp | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | hōp | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | haup | heap, pile |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haupaz | a heap, pile; a crowd, throng |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | koupos | hill |
via Swedish otid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | otid | — |
| 2 | Swedish | tid | time; time, period, era |
| 3 | Old Swedish | tiþ | time; occasion; moment |
| 4 | Old Norse | tíð | time; hour; divine service, prayers |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tīdiz | time; period, interval |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₂itis | interval, period of time |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |
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) |