Where does “swincan” come from?

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

swincan (Old English): to toil, labour

Definitions

  1. to toil, labour

Ancestry of “swincan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswinkanąto swing, bend
2Proto-Indo-Europeansweng-—

Words derived from “swincan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweng- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swinkaną →