Where does “kunna hälsa hem” come from?
kunna hälsa hem (Swedish) comes from Swedish hälsa, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
kunna hälsa hem (Swedish): to be done for, to be history, to be finished (to have no hope for a good outcome)
Definitions
- to be done for, to be history, to be finished (to have no hope for a good outcome)
Ancestry of “kunna hälsa hem”, step by step
kunna hälsa hem traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish hälsa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hälsa | health; to greet, salute; bid welcome; to send... |
| 2 | Swedish | a | from |
| 3 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 4 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 5 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 7 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |
via Swedish hem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hem | home; to one's home; a home; one's dwelling... |
| 2 | Swedish | tenta | exam, examination; to take an exam |
| 3 | Swedish | tentamen | an examination |
| 4 | Latin | tentamen | an attempt; a literary attempt: an essay |
| 5 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |
via Swedish kunna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kunna | can, to be able to; to know, to have as... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kunna | can, to be able; to know |
| 3 | Old Norse | kunna | to know, understand, be able to; to know; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kunnaną | to know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |