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English word origin

Etymology of ey up

Possibly from Old Norse; compare Swedish se upp (“watch out”). By surface analysis, ey + up, ay + up or eh + up.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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intj

Hello. · How are you? · Look at that!, take notice of that! · Don't do that; a warning.

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Possibly from Old Norse; compare Swedish se upp (“watch out”). By surface analysis, ey + up, ay + up or eh + up.

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  • Cognate mentionse uppsv · watch out

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