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Where does “swēt” come from?

swēt (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic swait-, from Proto-Indo-European swoyd-, from Proto-Indo-European sweyd- — sweat; to sweat.

Ancestry of “swēt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswait-sweat; blood
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswoyd-to sweat
3Proto-Indo-Europeansweyd-sweat; to sweat

Words derived from “swēt”

  • swit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweyd- →