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Where does “swinkaną” come from?

swinkaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European sweng-.

swinkaną (Proto-Germanic): to swing, bend

Definitions

  1. to swing, bend

Ancestry of “swinkaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansweng-—

Words derived from “swinkaną”

  • beswink
  • beswinken
  • swinken
  • swincan
  • beswincan
  • geswincan
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