Where does “swak” come from?

swak (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European swe(n)g-.

swak (Proto-West Germanic): swinging; swaying; yielding easily; pliable; weak

Definitions

  1. swinging; swaying; yielding easily; pliable; weak

Ancestry of “swak”, step by step

swak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European swe(n)g-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanswe(n)g-—

via Proto-Indo-European swe(n)k-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanswe(n)k-to bend, swing, sway, waver

Words derived from “swak”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swe(n)g- →