sweet
Middle Dutch
noun
Definitions
- sweat, perspiration
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *swēt derived from Proto-Germanic *swait-.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swait-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- zweet Dutch, Flemish
- zweetklier Dutch, Flemish
- zweten Dutch, Flemish
- *sweyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *swoyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *swait- Proto-Germanic
- swat Old English
- swāt Old English
- sveiti Old Norse
- sweiz Old High German
- sweizzen Old High German
- sweet Afrikaans
- Schweess Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *sweit Old Dutch
- *swēt Old Dutch
- swēt Old Frisian
- śwaas Vilamovian