Where does “swopt” come from?
swopt (English) comes from English swop, from English Swing, from Middle English swyngen, from Old English swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan, from Proto-Germanic swinganą, from Proto-Indo-European swenk- — to bend, swing, swivel.
swopt (English): simple past tense and past participle of swop
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of swop
Ancestry of “swopt”, step by step
swopt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English swop
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | swop | Alternative spelling of swap; A fusion of swing... |
| 2 | English | Swing | To rotate about an off-centre fixed point |
| 3 | Middle English | swyngen | To strike or land a blow |
| 4 | Old English | swingan | to swinge, flog, beat, scourge; to give a blow... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *swingan | to swing |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | swinganą | to swing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swenk- | to bend, swing, swivel |
via English T
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | T | The ordinal number twentieth, derived from this... |