få tummen ur röven (Swedish) comes from Swedish ur, from German uhr, from Middle High German ūre, from Old French ore, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα, from Proto-Hellenic *worā, from Proto-Indo-European wēr- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
Ancestry of “få tummen ur röven”, step by step
få tummen ur röven traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.