huller om buller
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Low German huller de buller. Compare Danish hulter til bulter, German holterdiepolter. Second half of phrase is from Middle Low German bulder and related to Swedish buller and German poltern. First half is likely a reduplication. Compare origin of English hurlyburly.
Adverb edit
huller om buller (not comparable)
- helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy (in a disorganized manner)
References edit
- huller in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- huller om buller in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)