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Where does “שוויצן” come from?

שוויצן (Yiddish) comes from Old High German swizzen, from Proto-Germanic swait-, from Proto-Indo-European swoyd-, from Proto-Indo-European sweyd- — sweat; to sweat.

שוויצן (Yiddish): to sweat

Definitions

  1. to sweat

Ancestry of “שוויצן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanswizzen—
2Proto-Germanicswait-sweat; blood
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswoyd-to sweat
4Proto-Indo-Europeansweyd-sweat; to sweat

Words derived from “שוויצן”

  • shvitz
  • שוויצבאָד
  • פֿאַרשוויצט
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweyd- →