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

  1. undoubted

Ancestry of “utvilsom”, step by step

utvilsom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål tvilsom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltvilsomdoubtful, dubious, questionable
2Norwegian Bokmålsøma seam
3Old Norsesaumrseam, nails
4Old Norsesýjato sew
5Proto-Germanicsiwjanąto sew
6Proto-Indo-Europeansīw-to sew

via Norwegian Bokmål U

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian BokmålUThe 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
2LatinvCapital form of
3Etruscan𐌖
4Ancient GreekΥypsilon
5Phoenician𐤅waw; {{l|en|waw}}
6Egyptian𓏲
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sīw-Every word from Proto-Germanic siwjanąEvery word from Old Norse sýja