schwelgen
German (Berlin)
verb-weak
Definitions
- (transitive) to eat or drink greedily
- (intransitive) to revel in, indulge in
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German swëlgen inherited from Old High German swelgan inherited from Proto-Germanic *swelganą (devour, swallow, revel, gulp).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swelganą
Gloss
devour, swallow, revel, gulp
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
燕
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forswallow English
- midswallow English
- reswallow English
- swallow English
- swallow-wort English
- swallowability English
- swallowable English
- swallower English
- swallowest English
- swalloweth English
- swallowfish English
- swallowtail English
- swallowtailed English
- swallowwort English
- unswallow English
- woodswallow English
- *swelk- Proto-Indo-European
- *swelganą Proto-Germanic
- swelgan Old English
- swolowen Middle English
- svelga Old Norse
- svelgja Old Norse
- swelgan Old High German
- swëlgen Middle High German
- *swelgan Old Dutch
- swelgan Old Saxon