Where does “sval” come from?

sval (Volapük) comes from English swallow, from Middle English swalwe, from Old English swealwe, from Proto-West Germanic *swalwā, from Proto-Germanic swalwǭ — swallow.

sval (Volapük): swallow

Definitions

  1. swallow

Ancestry of “sval”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishswallowTo cause to pass from the mouth into the...
2Middle EnglishswalweA swallow or a swift; The meat of such birds
3Old Englishswealweswallow
4Proto-West Germanic*swalwāswallow (bird)
5Proto-Germanicswalwǭswallow
Every word from Proto-Germanic swalwǭ →