Where does “swallow” come from?
Swallow comes from Middle English swalowe, from Old English swelgan, from Proto-Germanic swelganą, from Proto-Indo-European swelk-, ultimately from the root swel-.
swallow (English): To cause to pass from the mouth into the...
Definitions
- To cause to pass from the mouth into the...
Ancestry of “swallow”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | swalwe | A swallow or a swift; The meat of such birds |
| 2 | Old English | swealwe | swallow |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *swalwā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | swalwǭ | swallow |
Words derived from “swallow”