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Where does “swelos” come from?

swelos (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.

Ancestry of “swelos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeanwēlH-—
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanwelH-to turn, to wind

Words derived from “swelos”

  • solitary
  • desolate
  • solo
  • sullen
  • desolation
  • sullenly
  • soliloquy
  • soloist
  • solitaire
  • solipsism
  • sullenness
  • soliton
  • solipsistic
  • solitariness
  • desolately
  • solitarily
  • desolateness
  • solipsist
  • soliloquize
  • soloistic
  • soliloquise
  • solipsistically
  • solitonic
  • soliloquist
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