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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”

  • zwepen
  • opzwepen
  • afzwepen
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