Where does “swing” come from?
Swing comes from Middle English swingan, from Old English swingan, from Proto-Germanic swinganą, from Proto-Indo-European sweng-.
swing (English): To rotate about an off-centre fixed point; To...
Definitions
- To rotate about an off-centre fixed point; To...
Ancestry of “swing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | swingen | — |
| 2 | Old English | swingan | to swinge, flog, beat, scourge; to give a blow... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *swingan | to swing |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | swinganą | to swing |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swenk- | to bend, swing, swivel |
Words derived from “swing”