Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗The track cut out by a scythe in mowing. · A broad sweep or expanse, such as of land or of people.
From Middle English swath, swathe, from Old English swæþ, swaþu (“track; trace; footstep”), from Proto-Germanic *swaþō (“a wind-swept place; open field”), of unknown further origin. Has been derived from a Proto-Indo-European *swey- (“to bend, turn, swing”), and compared with Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “snub-nosed”) and Welsh chwil (“reeling, staggering”), though this is uncertain, as well as the Greek comparandum being unlikely. Cognate with Dutch zwade, zwad (“swath; windrow”), German Schwade (“swath; windrow”), Icelandic svæði (“area; zone; sector; region”). other etymological information Corresponds to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch swat, Middle High German and MNG swade, NDu swad(e), Old Frisian swethe (“border”). Root meaning: trace of a cut. Attested in English since 888 in its obsolete meaning of track or trace, since 1475 in its more modern usage. Cognate with German Schwaden (“row of mown grass or grain”). No definite cognates outside Germanic languages. * See F. Kluge, Etymologisches Wörterbuch (De Gruyter), entry Schwaden, and OED.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionswathenm
- Inherited-form mentionswæþang
- Inherited-form mention*swaþōgem-pro · a wind-swept place; open field
- Non-cognate comparisonσιμόςgrc · snub-nosed
- Cognate mentionchwilcy · reeling, staggering
- Cognate mentionzwadenl
- Cognate mentionSchwadede · swath; windrow
- Cognate mentionsvæðiis · area; zone; sector; region
- Cognate mentionSchwadende
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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