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
- to sweat
Ancestry of “שוויצן”, step by step
שוויצן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old High German swizzen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old High German | swizzen | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | swait- | sweat; blood |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | swoyd- | to sweat |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sweyd- | sweat; to sweat |
via Old High German sweizzen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old High German | sweizzen | — |