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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish uphof, same in Old Danish, from hæfia up, to heave up, to begin; same as Icelandic hefja upp, Middle Low German upheven, German anheben (“to begin”). Also in modern Swedish, häva upp sin röst, begin to talk. However, upphäva has evolved to mean the opposite, to end.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
upphov n
- origin, beginning
ge upphov till något- produce / give rise to something
sina dagars upphov- one's parent (the origin of one's days)
Declension
References
- ^ upphov in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)