Where does “sweot” come from?

sweot (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *sweut, from Proto-Germanic *swajutą — company, host.

sweot (Old English): band, troop, squadron

Definitions

  1. band, troop, squadron

Ancestry of “sweot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*sweut—
2Proto-Germanic*swajutącompany, host
Every word from Proto-Germanic *swajutą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sweut →