Where does “U-sving” come from?
U-sving (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sving, from Norwegian Bokmål svinge, from German Schwingen, from Middle High German swingen, from Old High German swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan, from Proto-Germanic swinganą, from Proto-Indo-European swenk- — to bend, swing, swivel.
U-sving (Norwegian Bokmål): a U-turn
Definitions
- a U-turn
Ancestry of “U-sving”, step by step
U-sving traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål sving
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sving | swing, sweep; a bend; a turn |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | svinge | to swing, sway; to fluctuate, oscillate; to turn |
| 3 | German | Schwingen | vibration, oscillation; wrestling; wings |
| 4 | Middle High German | swingen | to swing |
| 5 | Old High German | swingan | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *swingan | to swing |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | swinganą | to swing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swenk- | to bend, swing, swivel |
via Norwegian Bokmål U
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | U | The uppercase form of u, the twenty-first letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by t and followed by v |
| 2 | Latin | v | Capital form of |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌖 | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Υ | ypsilon |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤅 | waw; {{l|en|waw}} |
| 6 | Egyptian | 𓏲 | — |