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Where does “swipen” come from?

swipen (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic swipjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sweyb- — to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep; to...

Ancestry of “swipen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswipjanąto move
2Proto-Indo-Europeansweyb-to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep; to...

Words derived from “swipen”

  • zwepen
  • opzwepen
  • afzwepen
  • swepen
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