Where does “swinn” come from?

swinn (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic swin-, from Proto-Indo-European swenh₂- — to sound.

swinn (Old English): melody

Definitions

  1. melody

Ancestry of “swinn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswin-to sound, make a sound
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswenh₂-to sound

Words derived from “swinn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swenh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swin- →