Where does “sweltan” come from?

sweltan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic sweltaną, from Proto-Indo-European swel- — to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...

sweltan (Old Saxon): to die

Definitions

  1. to die

Ancestry of “sweltan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*sweltan—
2Proto-Germanicsweltanąto die; succumb
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswel-to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sweltaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan →