Where does “uvliuo'tt” come from?
uvliuo'tt (Elfdalian) comes from Elfdalian liuot, from Old Norse Ljótr, from Proto-Germanic leutaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewd- — to duck; feign; be low; be small; to cower, hunch...
Ancestry of “uvliuo'tt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Elfdalian | liuot | ugly; bad; mean |
| 2 | Old Norse | Ljótr | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | leutaz | deceitful, deceptive |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | lewd- | to duck; feign; be low; be small; to cower, hunch... |