swapen etymology

Middle English word swapen comes from Proto-Indo-European *ksweybʰ-, and later Proto-Germanic *swaipaną (To cast, fling. To sway, swing. To sweep. To wrap.)

Detailed word origin of swapen

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*ksweybʰ- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*swaipaną Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) To cast, fling. To sway, swing. To sweep. To wrap.
swāpan Old English (ang)
swapen Middle English (enm)

Words with the same origin as swapen

Descendants of *ksweybʰ-
swiftly swiftnesse swiven swopen swyftely swyftnesse swyvel