Where does “swet” come from?

swet (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch sweit, from Proto-Germanic swait-, from Proto-Indo-European swoyd-, from Proto-Indo-European sweyd- — sweat; to sweat.

Ancestry of “swet”, step by step

swet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch sweit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsweit—
2Proto-Germanicswait-sweat; blood
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswoyd-to sweat
4Proto-Indo-Europeansweyd-sweat; to sweat

via Latin swet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinswet—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swoyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swait- →