Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “swah” come from?

swah (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic swak, from Proto-Indo-European swe(n)g-.

Ancestry of “swah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicswakswinging; swaying; yielding easily; pliable; weak
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswe(n)g-—

Words derived from “swah”

  • schwach
  • Schwachsinn
  • schwachsinnig
  • Schwächezustand
  • Schwäche
  • Immunschwäche
  • Schwachmat
  • Schwächling
  • Schwächegefühl
  • Schwachmatikus
  • schwächlich
  • schwaches Verb
  • Muskelschwäche
  • Schwachstelle
  • schwachsichtig
  • Schwachkopf
  • švaks
  • swach
  • שוואַך
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