Where does “sprängkåpa” come from?
sprängkåpa (Swedish) comes from Swedish kåpa, from Dutch kapen, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī, from Proto-Germanic andijaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂entíos — on, onto.
sprängkåpa (Swedish): bell housing, bellhousing
Definitions
- bell housing, bellhousing
Ancestry of “sprängkåpa”, step by step
sprängkåpa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kåpa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kåpa | cowl, cloak, hood; cover |
| 2 | Dutch | kapen | to hijack, to seize control of something -... |
| 3 | Dutch | en | and; well, so; plus, and |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | ende | and; end |
| 5 | Old Dutch | endi | end |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | andī | end |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Swedish spränga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | spränga | blow up; to destroy something through an... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | sprængia | to cause to burst |
| 3 | Old Norse | sprengja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sprangijaną | to cause to spring; to cause to burst, to blow up |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |