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Where does “dwelaną” come from?

dwelaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European dʰwelH- — to whirl, swirl, blur, obfuscate; to make turbid.

dwelaną (Proto-Germanic): to go astray

Definitions

  1. to go astray

Ancestry of “dwelaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰwelH-to whirl, swirl, blur, obfuscate; to make turbid

Words derived from “dwelaną”

  • dwelan
  • 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃
  • dulþiz
  • dwelan
  • dwelan
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