swelter
English
/ˈswɛl.tə/, /ˈswɛl.tɚ/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To suffer terribly from intense heat.
- (intransitive) To perspire greatly from heat.
- (transitive) To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sweltren, swelten (faint, die) inherited from Old English sweltan (die) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (die) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (burn, shine, warm, swallow, smoulder, drink, smolder, swell, warm up, gulp) suffix from English swelt.
Origin
English
swelt
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forswelt English
- swelt English
- sweltersome English
- sweltery English
- silva Latin
- εἵλη Ancient Greek
- *swel- Proto-Indo-European
- *swelk- Proto-Indo-European
- *sulī Proto-Germanic
- *swalaz Proto-Germanic
- *swalī Proto-Germanic
- *swelaną Proto-Germanic
- *sweltaną Proto-Germanic
- *swiljaną Proto-Germanic
- sweltan Old English
- swelten Middle English
- sweltren Middle English
- svelta Old Norse
- хӯрдан Persian
- 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *sweltan Old Dutch
- *swar- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sweltan Old Saxon
- schwalth Crimean Gothic