Etymology Explorer
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Where does “swinden” come from?
swinden (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon swindan, from Proto-Germanic *swindan.
Ancestry of “swinden”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Saxon
swindan
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2
Proto-Germanic
*swindan
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Words derived from “swinden”
vorswinden
svinde
svinne
svinna
verswinnen
forsvinne
forsvinne
forsvinn
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