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