Where does “snygga till” come from?
snygga till (Swedish) comes from Swedish till, from Swedish källa, from Old Swedish kalla, from Old Norse kalla, from Proto-Germanic kalzōną, from Proto-Germanic kalzaz, from Proto-Indo-European gols-, from Proto-Indo-European gels- — voice, cry; to call; voice, cry; to call.
snygga till (Swedish): to make nicer looking (especially of something that does not look nice, sometimes figuratively); to clean up, to tidy up, to smarten up, etc
Definitions
- to make nicer looking (especially of something that does not look nice, sometimes figuratively); to clean up, to tidy up, to smarten up, etc
Ancestry of “snygga till”, step by step
snygga till traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish till
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | till | to; for; with |
| 2 | Swedish | källa | a source; the origin of something; a source of... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | kalla | to call, name; to summon, call for |
| 4 | Old Norse | kalla | to call, name, refer to; to call, shout |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kalzōną | to call, shout |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kalzaz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gols- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gels- | voice, cry; to call; voice, cry; to call |