Where does “Schwäwel” come from?

Schwäwel (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German swevel, from Middle Low German sweval, from Proto-Germanic sweblaz — sulfur.

Schwäwel (Plautdietsch): sulfur

Definitions

  1. sulfur

Ancestry of “Schwäwel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanswevel—
2Middle Low Germansweval—
3Proto-Germanicsweblazsulfur

Words derived from “Schwäwel”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sweblaz →