Where does “schwätzen” come from?

schwätzen (German) comes from Middle High German swetzen, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

schwätzen (German): to babble

Definitions

  1. to babble

Ancestry of “schwätzen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanswetzento prate
2Middle High German-en—
3Old High German-īn—
4Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “schwätzen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →Every word from Middle High German -en →