Where does “swollen” come from?
Swollen comes from Middle English swellen, from Proto-Germanic swellaną, from Proto-Indo-European swel-.
swollen (English): protuberant or abnormally distended; past...
Definitions
- protuberant or abnormally distended; past...
Ancestry of “swollen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | swollen | — |
| 2 | Old English | swollen | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | swullanaz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | swellaną | to swell |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swel- | to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,... |
Words derived from “swollen”