Where does “karl för sin hatt” come from?
karl för sin hatt (Swedish) comes from Swedish sin, from Old Swedish sīn, from Middle Low German sîn, from Old Saxon *sinn, from Proto-West Germanic sinn, from Proto-Germanic sinnaz, from Proto-Indo-European sentnós, from Proto-Indo-European sent- — to be.
karl för sin hatt (Swedish): a man (someone embodying qualities traditionally considered masculine, often in the sense of standing up for oneself or one's beliefs or being handy and capable)
Definitions
- a man (someone embodying qualities traditionally considered masculine, often in the sense of standing up for oneself or one's beliefs or being handy and capable)
Ancestry of “karl för sin hatt”, step by step
karl för sin hatt traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish sin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sin | Dryness, the state of having run dry |
| 2 | Old Swedish | sīn | Reflexive possessive third person determiner. his (own), her (own), its (own), their (own) |
| 3 | Middle Low German | sîn | of his |
| 4 | Old Saxon | *sinn | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sinn | sense, perception; sense, meaning; reason, mental... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sinnaz | sense, perception; sense, meaning |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sentnós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |
via Swedish för
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | för | too; To an excessive degree; because; bow; the... |
| 2 | Swedish | bud | a message (also budskap) |
| 3 | Swedish | givare | a giver; a giver, a donor; a sensor |
| 4 | Swedish | giva | a portion of fodder; the amount of fodder given... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | giva | to give |
| 6 | Old Norse | gefa | to give something; to give someone something |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |