Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon. · A rocking or swinging motion. · Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side · Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock. · To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield. · To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade. · To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.
From earlier swey (“to fall, swoon”), from Middle English sweyen, from Old English *swǣġan (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-West Germanic *swaigijan, from Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁- See also Saterland Frisian swooie (“to swing, wave, wobble”); also Lithuanian svai̇̃gti (“to become giddy or dizzy”), the second element of Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌-𐬱𐬑𐬎𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬀 (paⁱri-šxuaxta, “to surround”), Sanskrit स्वजते (svájate, “he embraces, enfolds”). The noun derived from the verb.
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionsweyenenm
- Derivation mention*swǣġanang · to bend, bow
- Derivation mention*swaigijangmw-pro
- Derivation mention*swaigijanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*sweh₁-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionswooiestq
- Cognate mentionsvaĩgtilt · to become giddy or dizzy
- Cognate mention𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬱𐬑𐬎𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬀ae · to surround
- Cognate mentionस्वजतेsa · he embraces, enfolds
This page abbreviates 8 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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