Where does “ŝviti” come from?

ŝviti (Esperanto) comes from German schwitzen, from Middle High German switzen, from Old High German swizzen, from Proto-Germanic swait-, from Proto-Indo-European swoyd-, from Proto-Indo-European sweyd- — sweat; to sweat.

ŝviti (Esperanto): to sweat, to perspire

Definitions

  1. to sweat, to perspire

Ancestry of “ŝviti”, step by step

ŝviti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German schwitzen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschwitzento sweat; to perspire; to give off water; to...
2Middle High Germanswitzen—
3Old High Germanswizzen—
4Proto-Germanicswait-sweat; blood
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswoyd-to sweat
6Proto-Indo-Europeansweyd-sweat; to sweat

via Yiddish שוויצן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשוויצןto sweat
2Old High Germansweizzen—

Words derived from “ŝviti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swoyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swait- →