swelgan

Old Saxon

verb

Definitions

to swallow
to eat up, devour

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
*swelganą Proto-Germanic
swelgan Old English
svelga Old Norse
svelgja Old Norse
swelgan Old High German
*swelgan Old Dutch