Where does “på låtsas” come from?
på låtsas (Swedish) comes from Swedish låtsas, from Swedish lats, from Latvian lats, from Latvian Latvija, from Latvian latvis, from Latvian latuvis, from Latvian Latuva.
på låtsas (Swedish): pretend (imaginary, feigned, not real)
Definitions
- pretend (imaginary, feigned, not real)
Ancestry of “på låtsas”, step by step
på låtsas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish låtsas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | låtsas | to pretend |
| 2 | Swedish | lats | lats, currency of Latvia |
| 3 | Latvian | lats | lats monetary unit of Latvia between 1922 and 1940, and again between 1993 and 2013; replaced by the Euro on Jan. 1st, 2014 |
| 4 | Latvian | Latvija | Latvia |
| 5 | Latvian | latvis | a Latvian, a Lett; a member of the Latvian... |
| 6 | Latvian | latuvis | — |
| 7 | Latvian | Latuva | — |
via Swedish på
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | på | on, on top of; touching from above; on, against,... |