swelgen
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to swallow
- to devour
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *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
- verzwelgen Dutch, Flemish
- zwelgen Dutch, Flemish
- zwelgpartij Dutch, Flemish
- *swelk- Proto-Indo-European
- *swelganą Proto-Germanic
- swelgan Old English
- svelga Old Norse
- svelgja Old Norse
- swelgan Old High German
- *swelgan Old Dutch
- farswelgan Old Dutch
- swelgan Old Saxon