Where does “swinketh” come from?
swinketh (English) comes from English swink, from Middle English swink, from Old English swinc, from Old English swincan, from Proto-Germanic swinkaną, from Proto-Indo-European sweng-.
swinketh (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “swinketh”, step by step
swinketh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English swink
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | swink | toil, work, drudgery; to labour, to work hard; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | swink | — |
| 3 | Old English | swinc | toil, work, effort, hardship, labor |
| 4 | Old English | swincan | to toil, labour |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | swinkaną | to swing, bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sweng- | — |
via English eth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eth | A letter introduced into Old English to... |