Where does “swenge” come from?
swenge (Middle English) comes from Old English swenġan, from Proto-West Germanic *swangijan.
swenge (Middle English): to strike
Ancestry of “swenge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | swenġan | to dash, strike; to cause to swing |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *swangijan | — |
Words derived from “swenge”