Where does “zwelgen” come from?

zwelgen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch swelgen, from Old High German swelgan, from Proto-West Germanic *swelgan, from Proto-Germanic swelganą, from Proto-Indo-European swelk-, from Proto-Indo-European swel- — to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...

zwelgen (Dutch): to eat greedily, gulp down, gobble up, guzzle; to...

Definitions

  1. to eat greedily, gulp down, gobble up, guzzle; to...

Ancestry of “zwelgen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchswelgento swallow; to devour
2Old High Germanswelganto swallow
3Proto-West Germanic*swelgan—
4Proto-Germanicswelganąto gulp, gobble, swallow, devour; to revel
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswelk-to gulp
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswel-to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...

Words derived from “zwelgen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swelk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swelganą →