Where does “swet” come from?
swet (Old Danish) comes from Proto-Germanic swaitaz, from Proto-Indo-European swoyd-, from Proto-Indo-European sweyd- — sweat; to sweat.
Ancestry of “swet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | swaitaz | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | swoyd- | to sweat |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sweyd- | sweat; to sweat |
Words derived from “swet”