Where does “swooneth” come from?
swooneth (English) comes from English swoon, from Middle Low German swan, from Old Saxon swan, from Proto-West Germanic swan, from Proto-Germanic swanaz, from Proto-Indo-European swenh₂- — to sound.
swooneth (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “swooneth”, step by step
swooneth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English swoon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | swoon | A faint; An infatuation; To faint, to lose... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | swan | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | swan | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | swan | swan |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | swanaz | swan |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swenh₂- | to sound |
via English eth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eth | A letter introduced into Old English to... |