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Where does “swelleth” come from?

swelleth (English) comes from English swell, from Middle English swellen, from Old English swellan, from Proto-West Germanic *swellan, from Proto-Germanic swellaną, from Proto-Indo-European swel- — to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...

swelleth (English): third-person singular present simple form of...

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Ancestry of “swelleth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishswellTo become bigger, especially due to being...
2Middle EnglishswellenTo swell; to grow or become bigger or stronger;...
3Old Englishswellanto swell
4Proto-West Germanic*swellan—
5Proto-Germanicswellanąto swell
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswel-to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...
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