Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “skruva” come from?

skruva (Swedish) comes from Swedish skruv, from Russian винт, from Polish gwint, from German Gewinde, from German winden, from Middle High German winden, from Old High German wintan, from Proto-Germanic windaną — to wind, to turn.

skruva (Swedish): to screw; to fasten a screw; to rotate something...

Definitions

  1. to screw; to fasten a screw; to rotate something...

Ancestry of “skruva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskruvscrew; a simple machine; screw; twist, turn; a...
2Russianвинтscrew; propeller; vint
3Polishgwintscrew thread
4GermanGewindethread
5Germanwindento wind; to twist; to twirl; to squirm; to writhe
6Middle High Germanwinden—
7Old High Germanwintan—
8Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “skruva”

  • ruuvata
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →