Where does “ingen rök utan eld” come from?

ingen rök utan eld (Swedish) comes from Swedish eld, from Old Swedish elder, from Old Norse eldr, from Proto-Germanic ailidaz, from Proto-Germanic ailijaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eydʰ- — to ignite; fire.

ingen rök utan eld (Swedish): no smoke without fire

Definitions

  1. no smoke without fire

Ancestry of “ingen rök utan eld”, step by step

ingen rök utan eld traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish eld

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedisheldfire, a continued chemical exothermic reaction...
2Old Swedishelderfire; a skin disease - possibly erysipelas
3Old Norseeldrfire
4Proto-Germanicailidazfire, pyre
5Proto-Germanicailijanąto kindle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eydʰ-to ignite; fire

via Swedish utan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishutanwithout; but
2Old Englishūtanoutside; from outside, on the outside, without
3Old Norseútanfrom without; from abroad; outside
4Proto-Germanicūtanēfrom without, outside of
5Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via Swedish ingen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishingenno; no one, nobody, none
2Old Swedishænginnone, no one, nobody
3Old Norseenginone, no one, nothing; no, not any; any
4Old Norseeinnone; some, a few
5Proto-Germanicainazone; some
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eydʰ- →