huller om buller

Swedish

Etymology

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

huller om buller (not comparable)

1. helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy (in a disorganized manner)

References

• huller in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• huller om buller in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)