svale
Norwegian Nynorsk
/²sʋɑːlə/
pronu-note
Definitions
- swallow (bird of the family Hirundinidae (Hirundinidae))
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse svala inherited from Proto-Germanic *swalwǭ.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swalwǭ
Gloss
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
- *swalwǭ Proto-Germanic
- sulu Norwegian Nynorsk
- swealwe Old English
- swolowen Middle English
- svala Old Norse
- súla Old Norse
- svala Icelandic
- swaluwe Middle Dutch
- swalwa Old High German
- *swalwa Old Dutch
- swel Western Frisian