Where does “swinken” come from?

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

swinken (Middle English): to work, travel

Definitions

  1. to work, travel

Ancestry of “swinken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishswincanto toil, labour
2Proto-Germanicswinkanąto swing, bend
3Proto-Indo-Europeansweng-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweng- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swinkaną →Every word from Old English swincan →