Where does “bodyswap” come from?

bodyswap (English) comes from English Body, from Middle English bode, from Old English boda, from Proto-Germanic budô, from Proto-Germanic beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.

bodyswap (English): The act or event of two people or other thinking...

Definitions

  1. The act or event of two people or other thinking...

Ancestry of “bodyswap”, step by step

bodyswap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Body

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBodyCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
2Middle Englishbodemessenger
3Old Englishbodamessenger, envoy, herald, apostle, angel; prophet
4Proto-Germanicbudômessenger
5Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware

via English swap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishswapTo exchange or give in an exchange; To hit, to...
2Middle Englishswap—
3Middle Englishswappea blow, strike, lash from a whip
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic beudaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic budô →