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Where does “swāvel” come from?
swāvel (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch sweval, from Proto-Germanic sweblaz — sulfur.
Ancestry of “swāvel”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Dutch
sweval
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2
Proto-Germanic
sweblaz
sulfur
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