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Where does “swalwa” come from?

swalwa (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *swalwā, from Proto-Germanic swalwǭ — swallow.

Ancestry of “swalwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*swalwā—
2Proto-Germanicswalwǭswallow

Words derived from “swalwa”

  • Schwalbe
  • Schwalbenschwanzzinne
  • Schwalbenschwanz
  • Uferschwalbe
  • Mehlschwalbe
  • Fuchsschwalbe
  • Bordsteinschwalbe
  • schwalbe
  • swalwe
Every word from Proto-Germanic swalwǭ →