Where does “takt och ton” come from?
takt och ton (Swedish) comes from Swedish ton, from English ton, from English tun, from Middle English tunne, from Old English tunne, from Proto-Germanic tunnǭ, from Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic tondā — to stretch, string; to cut.
takt och ton (Swedish): tactfulness, tactful manners
Definitions
- tactfulness, tactful manners
Ancestry of “takt och ton”, step by step
takt och ton traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish ton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ton | tonne; tone; tone, shade |
| 2 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 3 | English | tun | A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the... |
| 4 | Middle English | tunne | cask; barrel |
| 5 | Old English | tunne | barrel, cask |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tunnǭ | — |
| 7 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |
via Swedish och
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | och | and; used to connect two homogeneous words or... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | ock | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | ok | and; also, too; yoke |
| 4 | Old Norse | svá | so |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | swa | so, thus, in this manner |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | swē | like, similar to; just like, in the same manner... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swē | self (reflexive pronoun) |
via Swedish täkt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | täkt | a quarry |
| 2 | Swedish | tå | toe; a body part |
| 3 | Swedish | taga | Dated form of ta |
| 4 | Old Swedish | taka | to touch, reach; to grasp, seize; to take, bring |
| 5 | Old Norse | taka | to take; taking, capture; taking, seizing |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tēkaną | to touch; to grasp |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₁g- | to touch |