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Where does “swipōną” come from?

swipōną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European sweyb- — to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep; to...

swipōną (Proto-Germanic): to move

Definitions

  1. to move

Ancestry of “swipōną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansweyb-to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep; to...

Words derived from “swipōną”

  • swipe
  • swipes
  • sideswipe
  • swiper
  • swipey
  • swipecard
  • sideswiper
  • swip
  • swipeable
  • swippen
  • swipen
  • sweopian
  • swipian
  • swippan
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