Where does “Schwoatepocken” come from?

Schwoatepocken (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch schwoat, from Old Saxon swart, from Proto-West Germanic swart, from Proto-Germanic swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European swordo- — dirty, dark, black.

Schwoatepocken (Plautdietsch): smallpox

Definitions

  1. smallpox

Ancestry of “Schwoatepocken”, step by step

Schwoatepocken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch schwoat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschschwoatblack
2Old Saxonswartblack
3Proto-West Germanicswartblack
4Proto-Germanicswartazblack
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswordo-dirty, dark, black

via German Pocken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPockensmallpox
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swordo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swartaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic swart →