Where does “sveiti” come from?

sveiti (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse sveiti, from Proto-Germanic swait-, from Proto-Indo-European swoyd-, from Proto-Indo-European sweyd- — sweat; to sweat.

sveiti (Icelandic): sweat

Definitions

  1. sweat

Ancestry of “sveiti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesveitisweat
2Proto-Germanicswait-sweat; blood
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswoyd-to sweat
4Proto-Indo-Europeansweyd-sweat; to sweat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swoyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swait- →