Where does “swelgan” come from?

swelgan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic swelganą, from Proto-Indo-European swelk-, from Proto-Indo-European swel- — to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...

swelgan (Old Saxon): to swallow; to eat up, devour

Definitions

  1. to swallow; to eat up, devour

Ancestry of “swelgan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswelganąto gulp, gobble, swallow, devour; to revel
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswelk-to gulp
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswel-to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swelk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swelganą →