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Where does “swelċ” come from?

swelċ (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic swalīkaz, from Proto-Germanic swa, from Proto-Germanic swē, from Proto-Indo-European swē.

Ancestry of “swelċ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswalīkazsuch, that kind of, that sort of
2Proto-Germanicswaso, thus, in this manner
3Proto-Germanicswēlike, similar to; just like, in the same manner...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswē—

Words derived from “swelċ”

  • suchlike
  • suchness
  • somesuch
  • nonesuch
  • suchly
  • swulch
  • such
  • swuch
  • swilch
  • swich
  • such
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swē →