Where does “swetere” come from?

swetere (Middle English) comes from Middle English swete, from Old English swēte, from Proto-West Germanic swōtī, from Proto-Germanic swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European swéh₂dus, from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d- — sweet.

swetere (Middle English): one who sweat#Verb

Definitions

  1. one who sweat#Verb

Ancestry of “swetere”, step by step

swetere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English swete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishswetesweet, pleasant-tasting; sweet in smell;...
2Old Englishswētesweet
3Proto-West Germanicswōtīsweet
4Proto-Germanicswōtuzsweet
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéh₂dussweet
6Proto-Indo-Europeansweh₂d-sweet

via Middle English sweten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishswetenTo make sweet, sweeten; To induce happiness; To...
2Old Englishswētanto sweeten

Words derived from “swetere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéh₂dus →Every word from Proto-Germanic swōtuz →