Where does “utvilsom” come from?
utvilsom (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tvilsom, from Norwegian Bokmål søm, from Old Norse saumr, from Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic siwjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sīw- — to sew.
utvilsom (Norwegian Bokmål): undoubted
Definitions
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Ancestry of “utvilsom”, step by step
utvilsom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål tvilsom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tvilsom | doubtful, dubious, questionable |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | søm | a seam |
| 3 | Old Norse | saumr | seam, nails |
| 4 | Old Norse | sýja | to sew |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | siwjaną | to sew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sīw- | to sew |
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 | — |