swith
English
adj
Definitions
- (dialectal) Strong; vehement.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English swith (quickly, very) inherited from Old English swīþ (strong, violent, powerful, severe, active, mighty) inherited from Proto-Germanic *swinþaz (strong) derived from Proto-Indo-European *swento- (active, healthy).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swento-
Gloss
active, healthy
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
健, 康
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- swithly English
- vinha Finnish
- Geschwindigkeit German
- geschwind German
- gezwind Dutch, Flemish
- *swent- Proto-Indo-European
- *swento- Proto-Indo-European
- *swinþaz Proto-Germanic
- Ealhswiþ Old English
- swiþ Old English
- swiþan Old English
- swiþe Old English
- swiþferhþ Old English
- swiþlic Old English
- swiþness Old English
- swīþ Old English
- swīþe Old English
- þryþswiþ Old English
- swith Middle English
- Ráðsviðr Old Norse
- svinnr Old Norse
- *swind Old High German
- geswinde Middle High German
- swind Middle High German
- geschwënn Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍉𐌶𐌰 Gothic
- swît Middle Low German
- швидкий Ukrainian
- swīth Old Saxon
- swied Low German