Where does “stæþswealwe” come from?

stæþswealwe (Old English) comes from Old English swealwe, from Proto-West Germanic *swalwā, from Proto-Germanic swalwǭ — swallow.

stæþswealwe (Old English): sand martin a bird

Definitions

  1. sand martin a bird

Ancestry of “stæþswealwe”, step by step

stæþswealwe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English swealwe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishswealweswallow
2Proto-West Germanic*swalwāswallow (bird)
3Proto-Germanicswalwǭswallow

via Old English stæþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstæþstead, bank; bank, shore
2Proto-Germanicstaþaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic swalwǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *swalwā →Every word from Old English swealwe →
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