Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryFluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation. · The state of one who is sweating; diaphoresis. · Hard work; toil. · Moisture issuing from any substance.
From Middle English swete, swet, swate, swote, from Old English swāt, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitą, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), o-grade of *sweyd- (“to sweat”). Cognate with West Frisian swit, Dutch zweet, German Schweiß, Danish sved, Norwegian Bokmål svette, Norwegian Nynorsk sveitte, Swedish svett, Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn) (English shvitz), Latin sudor, French sueur, Italian sudore, Spanish sudor, Portuguese suor, Persian خوی (xway, “sweat”), Sanskrit स्वेद (svéda), Lithuanian sviedri, Tocharian B syā-, Albanian djersë, and Welsh chwys.
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- Root classification mention*sweyd-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionsweteenm
- Inherited-form mentionswātang
- Inherited-form mention*swait-gem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*swoyd-ine-pro · to sweat
- Cognate mentionswitfy
- Cognate mentionzweetnl
- Cognate mentionSchweißde
- Cognate mentionsvedda
- Cognate mentionsvettenb
- Cognate mentionsveittenn
- Cognate mentionsvettsv
- Cognate mentionשוויצןyi
- Cognate mentionshvitzen
- Cognate mentionsudorla
- Cognate mentionsueurfr
- Cognate mentionsudoreit
- Cognate mentionsudores
- Cognate mentionsuorpt
- Cognate mentionخویfa · sweat
- Cognate mentionस्वेदsa
- Cognate mentionsviedrilt
- Cognate mentionsyā-txb
- Cognate mentiondjersësq
- Cognate mentionchwyscy
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