Where does “schlagerhöjning” come from?
schlagerhöjning (Swedish) comes from Swedish höjning, from Swedish höja, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
schlagerhöjning (Swedish): a modulation within a song to a higher key, usually towards the end and often at the beginning of the chorus (associated with schlager music, but common across many different genres of music)
Definitions
- a modulation within a song to a higher key, usually towards the end and often at the beginning of the chorus (associated with schlager music, but common across many different genres of music)
Ancestry of “schlagerhöjning”, step by step
schlagerhöjning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish höjning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | höjning | a raise |
| 2 | Swedish | höja | to raise; make something higher; to up |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 6 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 8 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |
via Swedish Schlager
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | Schlager | hit |
| 2 | German | Schläger | agent noun of schlagen |
| 3 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 4 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |