Where does “swippan” come from?

swippan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic swipōną, from Proto-Indo-European sweyb- — to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep; to...

swippan (Old English): to scourge, strike, beat, lash

Definitions

  1. to scourge, strike, beat, lash

Ancestry of “swippan”, step by step

swippan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic swipōną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswipōnąto move
2Proto-Indo-Europeansweyb-to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep; to...

via Proto-Germanic swipjaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswipjanąto move

Words derived from “swippan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swipōną →
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