Where does “övningsflygning” come from?

övningsflygning (Swedish) comes from Swedish flygning, from Swedish flyga, from Old Swedish flȳgha, from Old Norse fljúga, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

övningsflygning (Swedish): a training flight

Definitions

  1. a training flight

Ancestry of “övningsflygning”, step by step

övningsflygning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish flygning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishflygningflight (moving in the air), aviation (the art of controlled human flight), flying
2Swedishflygato fly
3Old Swedishflȳghato fly
4Old Norsefljúgato fly
5Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Swedish övning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishövningexercise; practice; repetition of an activity to...
2Swedishövato practice, to train to do something, to...
3Middle Low Germanȫven
4Old Saxonōvian
5Proto-Germanicōbijanąto perform, practice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk-Every word from Proto-Germanic fleuganą