forswallow
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To swallow up; devour utterly; engulf.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forswolewen inherited from Old English forswelgan inherited from Proto-Germanic *farswelganą, *fra- (for-, fully, away, prefix meaning completely) prefix from English swallow.
Origin
English
swallow
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- 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
- verzwelgen Dutch, Flemish
- zwelgen Dutch, Flemish
- *bhā- Proto-Indo-European
- *dgʷhey- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pro- Proto-Indo-European
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *aihtiz Proto-Germanic
- *farswelganą Proto-Germanic
- *fra- Proto-Germanic
- *fraetaną Proto-Germanic
- *fraswelganą Proto-Germanic
- *fur- Proto-Germanic
- for- Old English
- fordwīnan Old English
- forswelgan Old English
- forsċieppan Old English
- forwærnan Old English
- swelgan Old English
- forswolewen Middle English
- swolowen Middle English
- for- Old Norse
- vrecht Middle Dutch
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰- Gothic
- *frēht Old Dutch
- vracht Middle Low German
- vrecht Middle Low German
- far- Old Saxon
- frāht Old Saxon
- *firbannjan, furbannjan, *furbannjan Frankish