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Where does “swintiln” come from?

swintiln (Old High German) comes from Old High German swintan, from Proto-Germanic *swindan.

Ancestry of “swintiln”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanswintanto shrink, to fade
2Proto-Germanic*swindan—

Words derived from “swintiln”

  • swindle
  • swindler
  • swizz
  • swindlery
  • Schwindler
  • schwindeln
  • schwindelfrei
  • beschwindeln
  • Schwindel
  • szwindel
  • svindler
  • svindli
  • svindlik
  • svindle
  • švindl
  • swindelen
  • swindeln
Every word from Proto-Germanic *swindan →