Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To swoon, faint; be giddy.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA swoon, fainting; a state of giddiness or faintness.
From Middle English swemen, from Old English *swǣman, from Proto-West Germanic *swaimijan, from Proto-Germanic *swaimijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁- (“to move, sway”). Cognate with Scots sweem, soom (“to spin at high speed; float”), Icelandic sveima (“to float, hover; wander, roam”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionswemenenm
- Inherited-form mention*swǣmanang
- Inherited-form mention*swaimijangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*swaimijanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*sweh₁-ine-pro · to move, sway
- Cognate mentionsweemsco
- Cognate mentionsveimais · to float, hover; wander, roam
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