Where does “*swizdā” come from?
*swizdā (Proto-Celtic) comes from Proto-Celtic *swizdeti, from Proto-Indo-European sweysd- — to hiss.
Ancestry of “*swizdā”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Celtic | *swizdeti | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | sweysd- | to hiss |