Where does “sätta fart” come from?
sätta fart (Swedish) comes from Swedish fart, from Middle Low German vart, from Old Saxon fard, from Proto-West Germanic fardi, from Proto-Germanic fardiz, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
sätta fart (Swedish): to hurry up or get going (with great speed)
Definitions
- to hurry up or get going (with great speed)
Ancestry of “sätta fart”, step by step
sätta fart traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish fart
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fart | speed |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vart | traffic, journey |
| 3 | Old Saxon | fard | traffic, journey |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fardi | journey, voyage |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fardiz | journey, voyage |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Swedish sätta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sätta | to sit; to move oneself into a sitting position;... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | sætia | to set, to place; to let sit |
| 3 | Old Norse | setja | to seat, set, place, put; to drive; to make,... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |