Where does “swinc” come from?

swinc (Old English) comes from Old English swincan, from Proto-Germanic swinkaną, from Proto-Indo-European sweng-.

swinc (Old English): toil, work, effort, hardship, labor

Definitions

  1. toil, work, effort, hardship, labor

Ancestry of “swinc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishswincanto toil, labour
2Proto-Germanicswinkanąto swing, bend
3Proto-Indo-Europeansweng-—

Words derived from “swinc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweng- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swinkaną →Every word from Old English swincan →