Where does “swēte” come from?

swēte (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic swōtī, from Proto-Germanic swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European swéh₂dus, from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d- — sweet.

swēte (Old English): sweet

Definitions

  1. sweet

Ancestry of “swēte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicswōtīsweet
2Proto-Germanicswōtuzsweet
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéh₂dussweet
4Proto-Indo-Europeansweh₂d-sweet

Words derived from “swēte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéh₂dus →Every word from Proto-Germanic swōtuz →