Where does “geswin” come from?

geswin (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic gaswiną, from Proto-Germanic swin-, from Proto-Indo-European swenh₂- — to sound.

geswin (Old English): melody

Definitions

  1. melody

Ancestry of “geswin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgaswiną—
2Proto-Germanicswin-to sound, make a sound
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswenh₂-to sound
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swenh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swin- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaswiną →