Where does “swincan” come from?
swincan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic swinkaną, from Proto-Indo-European sweng-.
swincan (Old English): to toil, labour
Ancestry of “swincan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | swinkaną | to swing, bend |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | sweng- | — |
Words derived from “swincan”