Where does “sweizen” come from?

sweizen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German sweizen, from Proto-Germanic swaitijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

sweizen (Middle High German): to sweat, bleed

Definitions

  1. to sweat, bleed

Ancestry of “sweizen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansweizento roast
2Proto-Germanicswaitijanąto sweat
3Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “sweizen”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →