Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Deceitful; treacherous.
verb
To deceive, cheat; betray. · To stop, cease.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryDeceit; treachery. · A deceiver; betrayer, traitor. · A hiding place; den; cave.
From Middle English swiken, from Old English swīcan (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), from Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionswikenenm
- Inherited-form mentionswīcanang · to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel
- Inherited-form mention*swīkwangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*swīkwanągem-pro · to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray
- Derivation mention*sweyg-ine-pro · to turn, move around, wander, swing
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