Where does “dwelan” come from?

dwelan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic dwelaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwelH- — to whirl, swirl, blur, obfuscate; to make turbid.

dwelan (Old English): to be lead astray, to err

Definitions

  1. to be lead astray, to err

Ancestry of “dwelan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdwelanąto go astray
2Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰwelH-to whirl, swirl, blur, obfuscate; to make turbid

Words derived from “dwelan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwelH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dwelaną →