Where does “swingel” come from?

swingel (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *swingillju, from Proto-Germanic *swingiljō.

swingel (Old English): a stripe, stroke, or lash

Definitions

  1. a stripe, stroke, or lash

Ancestry of “swingel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*swingillju—
2Proto-Germanic*swingiljō—

Words derived from “swingel”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *swingiljō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *swingillju →