Where does “ligga en hund begraven” come from?
ligga en hund begraven (Swedish) comes from Swedish hund, from Old Swedish hunder, from Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.
ligga en hund begraven (Swedish): for there to be something fishy and suspicious at hand
Definitions
- for there to be something fishy and suspicious at hand
Ancestry of “ligga en hund begraven”, step by step
ligga en hund begraven traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish hund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hund | a dog; a hound |
| 2 | Old Swedish | hunder | dog |
| 3 | Old Norse | hundr | a dog |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |