Where does “upswallow” come from?

upswallow (English) comes from English swallow, from Middle English swalwe, from Old English swealwe, from Proto-West Germanic *swalwā, from Proto-Germanic swalwǭ — swallow.

upswallow (English): To swallow up

Definitions

  1. To swallow up

Ancestry of “upswallow”, step by step

upswallow traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English swallow

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishswallowTo cause to pass from the mouth into the...
2Middle EnglishswalweA swallow or a swift; The meat of such birds
3Old Englishswealweswallow
4Proto-West Germanic*swalwāswallow (bird)
5Proto-Germanicswalwǭswallow

via English up

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishupAway from the surface of the Earth or other...
2Middle Englishupto a vertical axis
3Old Englishuppup; upstairs
4Proto-West Germanic*upp—
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