Where does “svepe” come from?

svepe (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse svipa, from Proto-Germanic swipōną, from Proto-Indo-European sweyb- — to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep; to...

svepe (Norwegian Bokmål): a whip, a scourge

Definitions

  1. a whip, a scourge

Ancestry of “svepe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesvipato move swiftly; whip
2Proto-Germanicswipōnąto move
3Proto-Indo-Europeansweyb-to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swipōną →Every word from Old Norse svipa →