huller om buller
Swedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
edithuller 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)