Where does “swēvel” come from?

swēvel (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch sweval, from Proto-Germanic sweblaz — sulfur.

swēvel (Middle Dutch): sulphur

Definitions

  1. sulphur

Ancestry of “swēvel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsweval—
2Proto-Germanicsweblazsulfur

Words derived from “swēvel”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sweblaz →Every word from Old Dutch sweval →