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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchswipon—
2Proto-Germanicswipjanąto move
3Proto-Indo-Europeansweyb-to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep; to...

Words derived from “swepen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swipjaną →Every word from Old Dutch swipon →