Where does “swen” come from?
swen (Haitian Creole) comes from French soin, from Middle French soin, from Old French soing, from Latin sonium, from Frankish sunnju, from Proto-Germanic sunjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁s-ónt-ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European h₁sónts — to be.
swen (Haitian Creole): care
Definitions
- care
Ancestry of “swen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | soin | care |
| 2 | Middle French | soin | — |
| 3 | Old French | soing | care; attention; thought |
| 4 | Latin | sonium | care, attention |
| 5 | Frankish | sunnju | worry, care, concern; concern, care;... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sunjō | truth, sooth; denial, protest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁s-ónt-ih₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁sónts | active participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |