Where does “swepen” come from?
swepen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch swipon, from Proto-Germanic swipjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sweyb- — to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep; to...
Ancestry of “swepen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | swipon | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | swipjaną | to move |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sweyb- | to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep; to... |
Words derived from “swepen”