Where does “sweven” come from?

sweven (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic swibāną, from Proto-Indo-European ksweybʰ- — to move swiftly, make a swift movement; to swing,...

sweven (Old Dutch): to freely move back and forth, float

Definitions

  1. to freely move back and forth, float

Ancestry of “sweven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicswibānąTo move; sway
2Proto-Indo-Europeanksweybʰ-to move swiftly, make a swift movement; to swing,...

Words derived from “sweven”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ksweybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swibāną →