Where does “geswincan” come from?

geswincan (Old English) comes from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

geswincan (Old English): to labour, swink, toil; to be afflicted with

Definitions

  1. to labour, swink, toil; to be afflicted with

Ancestry of “geswincan”, step by step

geswincan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Old English swincan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishswincanto toil, labour
2Proto-Germanicswinkanąto swing, bend
3Proto-Indo-Europeansweng-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →