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Where does “swalwe” come from?
swalwe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch swalwa, from Proto-Germanic swalwǭ — swallow.
Ancestry of “swalwe”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Dutch
swalwa
—
2
Proto-Germanic
swalwǭ
swallow
Words derived from “swalwe”
zwalf
zwavel
zwavelzuur
ontzwavelen
zwavelarm
zwavelrijk
zwavelstokje
zwavelvrij
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