Where does “smälla av” come from?

smälla av (Swedish) comes from Swedish av, from Old Norse af, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

smälla av (Swedish): to set off, to let off (something that makes a bang)

Definitions

  1. to set off, to let off (something that makes a bang)

Ancestry of “smälla av”, step by step

smälla av traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish av

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishavfrom; starting at; by
2Old Norseafof, from, off, by
3Proto-Germanic*ab—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

via Swedish smälla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsmällaa flyswatter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Old Norse af →