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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkölkeel
2Old Swedishkiøl
3Old Norsekjǫlrkeel
4Proto-Norsekelu-
5FinnishKelareel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound
6FinnishKansaneläkelaitosThe Social Insurance Institution of Finland official translation, a government branch that administers and provides social security benefits for all residents of Finland
7Finnishkänsäcallus
8Finnishkanssawith; also, too
9Finnishkansassa
10Finnishkansapeople; nation
11Proto-Finnickansapeople, folk
12Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
15Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
16Middle Englishkyt
17Middle Dutchkittea wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...

via Swedish lägga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishläggalay, put; to place something down in a position...
2Swedish-aSuffix to mark that the corresponding noun is...
3Old Swedish-aCreates denominative verbs from nouns
4Old Norse-aindicates negation; does not; Creates...
5Proto-Germanic-ōnąCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
6Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
9Chichewaiyehe, she

via Swedish ett

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishettThe neuter indefinite article; one
2Old Norseeittnominative/accusative neuter singular of einn
3Old Norseeinnone; some, a few
4Proto-Germanicainazone; some
5Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Middle Dutch kitte