svelga

Old Norse

verb

Definitions

to swallow

Etymology

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

*swelk- Proto-Indo-European
svelge Norwegian Bokmål
*swelganą Proto-Germanic
svälja Swedish
forswelgan Old English
swelgan Old English
swolowen Middle English
svelgja Old Norse
svelgja Icelandic
swelgan Old High German
*swelgan Old Dutch
swelgan Old Saxon
svælgha Old Swedish
svælla Scanian

svelgja