Where does “swink” come from?

swink (Middle English) comes from Old English swinc, from Old English swincan, from Proto-Germanic swinkaną, from Proto-Indo-European sweng-.

Ancestry of “swink”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishswinctoil, work, effort, hardship, labor
2Old Englishswincanto toil, labour
3Proto-Germanicswinkanąto swing, bend
4Proto-Indo-Europeansweng-—

Words derived from “swink”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweng- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swinkaną →Every word from Old English swincan →
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