Where does “swink” come from?
swink (English) comes from Middle English swink, from Old English swinc, from Old English swincan, from Proto-Germanic swinkaną, from Proto-Indo-European sweng-.
swink (English): toil, work, drudgery; to labour, to work hard; To...
Definitions
- toil, work, drudgery; to labour, to work hard; To...
Ancestry of “swink”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | swink | — |
| 2 | Old English | swinc | toil, work, effort, hardship, labor |
| 3 | Old English | swincan | to toil, labour |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | swinkaną | to swing, bend |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sweng- | — |
Words derived from “swink”