Where does “giva ūp” come from?

giva ūp (Old Swedish) comes from Old English ūp, from Proto-Germanic upp, from Proto-Germanic ub, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

giva ūp (Old Swedish): give up (surrender)

Definitions

  1. give up (surrender)

Ancestry of “giva ūp”, step by step

giva ūp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ūp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishūpup, from above
2Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
3Proto-Germanicubunder
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via Old Swedish giva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishgivato give
2Old Norsegefato give something; to give someone something
3Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

Words derived from “giva ūp”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Germanic ub →