svälja
Swedish
verb-irr
Definitions
- to swallow
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish svælgha inherited from Old Norse svelga inherited from Proto-Germanic *swelganą (devour, swallow, revel, gulp) derived from Proto-Indo-European *swelk- (gulp).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swelk-
Gloss
gulp
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
- *swel- Proto-Indo-European
- *swelk- Proto-Indo-European
- svelge Norwegian Bokmål
- *swelganą Proto-Germanic
- swelg Old English
- swelgan Old English
- swolowen Middle English
- svelga Old Norse
- svelgja Old Norse
- svelgja Icelandic
- swelgan Old High German
- *swelgan Old Dutch
- swelgan Old Saxon
- svælgha Old Swedish
- svælla Scanian