Where does “swealwe” come from?

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

swealwe (Old English): swallow

Definitions

  1. swallow

Ancestry of “swealwe”, step by step

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

Words derived from “swealwe”

Every word from Proto-Germanic swalwǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *swalwā →