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Where does “*swippjan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*swippjan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswipōnąto move
2Proto-Indo-Europeansweyb-to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep; to...
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