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

swipen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic swipjaną

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

via Proto-Germanic swipǭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswipǭwhip, lash
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swipjaną →