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
Ancestry of “swinken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | swincan | to toil, labour |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | swinkaną | to swing, bend |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sweng- | — |