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Where does “swaipaną” come from?

swaipaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European kswoybʰ-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European ksweybʰ- — to move swiftly, make a swift movement; to swing,...

swaipaną (Proto-Germanic): to sweep; to sway, swing; to cast, fling

Definitions

  1. to sweep; to sway, swing; to cast, fling

Ancestry of “swaipaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankswoybʰ-e-ti —
2Proto-Indo-Europeanksweybʰ-to move swiftly, make a swift movement; to swing,...

Words derived from “swaipaną”

  • swoop
  • swooping
  • swoopy
  • swooper
  • swoopingly
  • swoopeth
  • swoopstake
  • swoopest
  • geschweift
  • Abschweifung
  • abschweifen
  • ausschweifend
  • ausschweifen
  • abschweifend
  • schweifen
  • swopen
  • swapan
  • swāpan
  • sweifan
  • sweifen
  • swaipan
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