Where does “lägga på ett kol” come from?
lägga på ett kol (Swedish) comes from Swedish köl, from Old Swedish kiøl, from Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Norse kelu-, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
lägga på ett kol (Swedish): to hurry up
Definitions
- to hurry up
Ancestry of “lägga på ett kol”, step by step
lägga på ett kol traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish köl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | köl | keel |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kiøl | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | kjǫlr | keel |
| 4 | Proto-Norse | kelu- | — |
| 5 | Finnish | Kela | reel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound |
| 6 | Finnish | Kansaneläkelaitos | The Social Insurance Institution of Finland official translation, a government branch that administers and provides social security benefits for all residents of Finland |
| 7 | Finnish | känsä | callus |
| 8 | Finnish | kanssa | with; also, too |
| 9 | Finnish | kansassa | — |
| 10 | Finnish | kansa | people; nation |
| 11 | Proto-Finnic | kansa | people, folk |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
via Swedish lägga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | lägga | lay, put; to place something down in a position... |
| 2 | Swedish | -a | Suffix to mark that the corresponding noun is... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -a | Creates denominative verbs from nouns |
| 4 | Old Norse | -a | indicates negation; does not; Creates... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |