Where does “schwippen” come from?

schwippen (German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *swippjan, from Proto-Germanic swipōną, from Proto-Indo-European sweyb- — to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep; to...

schwippen (German): sway back and forth

Definitions

  1. sway back and forth

Ancestry of “schwippen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*swippjanto move quickly
2Proto-Germanicswipōnąto move
3Proto-Indo-Europeansweyb-to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swipōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *swippjan →