Where does “knipövning” come from?

knipövning (Swedish) comes from Swedish knipa, from Middle Low German knīpen, from Old Saxon knīpan, from Proto-West Germanic knīpan, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.

knipövning (Swedish): kegel exercise

Definitions

  1. kegel exercise

Ancestry of “knipövning”, step by step

knipövning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish knipa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishknipaa jam; a common goldeneye; to squeeze
2Middle Low Germanknīpento squeeze
3Old Saxonknīpan—
4Proto-West Germanicknīpanto pinch
5Proto-Germanicknīpanąto pinch
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneybʰ-—

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 ǵneybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knīpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic knīpan →