Where does “mitt i prick” come from?
mitt i prick (Swedish) comes from Swedish i, from Swedish hop, from Old Norse hópr, from Middle Low German hōp, from Old Saxon hōp, from Proto-West Germanic haup, from Proto-Germanic haupaz, from Proto-Indo-European koupos — hill.
mitt i prick (Swedish): right where intended (of something aimed), in the bullseye
Definitions
- right where intended (of something aimed), in the bullseye
Ancestry of “mitt i prick”, step by step
mitt i prick traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | i | used to signify that an action is done with... |
| 2 | Swedish | hop | heap, collection; a whole bunch |
| 3 | Old Norse | hópr | heap; group |
| 4 | Middle Low German | hōp | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | hōp | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | haup | heap, pile |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haupaz | a heap, pile; a crowd, throng |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | koupos | hill |
via Swedish prick
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | prick | exactly, sharp, on the spot; a dot, small spot; a... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | pricken | to prick |
| 3 | Old Saxon | *prikkian | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | prikjaną | to stick; prick |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish mitt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mitt | middle; the middle point; my, mine |
| 2 | Old Swedish | mitt | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | miðr | middle; comparative degree of lítt |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | midjaz | middle, mid |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |