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Where does “swōgan” come from?

swōgan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic swōganą, from Proto-Indo-European sweh₂gʰ- — to wail.

swōgan (Old English): to make a sound, overrun, suffocate; to make a...

Definitions

  1. to make a sound, overrun, suffocate; to make a...

Ancestry of “swōgan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswōganąto overwhelm, break in; to resound
2Proto-Indo-Europeansweh₂gʰ-to wail

Words derived from “swōgan”

  • sough
  • soughing
  • death-sough
  • sough
  • swoȝen
  • swogh
  • swough
  • swowen
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