Where does “tjuvkoppla” come from?

tjuvkoppla (Swedish) comes from Swedish koppla, from Swedish koppel, from Middle Low German koppel, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis — the god Apis.

tjuvkoppla (Swedish): to hot-wire (a vehicle)

Definitions

  1. to hot-wire (a vehicle)

Ancestry of “tjuvkoppla”, step by step

tjuvkoppla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish koppla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkopplato connect, to harness, to couple
2Swedishkoppela leash
3Middle Low Germankoppelpasture
4Latincōpulaa bond, tie, band or other connecting item
5Latincoapula
6Latinapiodative singular of apium; ablative singular of...
7Latinapiumparsley; celery; genitive plural of apis
8LatinApisA seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica
9Ancient GreekἌπις
10Copticϩⲁⲡⲉthe Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum)
11Egyptianḥpthe god Apis

via Swedish tjuv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtjuvthief
2Old Swedishþiuverthief
3Old Norseþjófrthief
4Proto-Germanicþeubazthief
5Proto-Indo-Europeantewpó-
Every word from Egyptian ḥp