Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “swinden” come from?

swinden (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon swindan, from Proto-Germanic *swindan.

Ancestry of “swinden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonswindan—
2Proto-Germanic*swindan—

Words derived from “swinden”

  • vorswinden
  • verswinnen
Every word from Proto-Germanic *swindan →