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...

*swippjan (Proto-West Germanic): to move quickly

Definitions

  1. to move quickly

Ancestry of “*swippjan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “*swippjan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swipōną →