swill
English
/swɪl/
noun
Definitions
- (collective) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.
- (by extension) Any disgusting or distasteful liquid.
- (by extension) Anything disgusting or worthless.
- (informal) A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow.
- (informal) Inexpensive beer or alcohol.
- (Ultimate Frisbee) A badly-thrown pass.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English swilen (swirl, wash away, wash) inherited from Old English swillan inherited from Proto-Germanic *swiljaną (gulp, swallow) derived from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (burn, shine, warm, swallow, smoulder, drink, smolder, swell, warm up, gulp).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swel-
Gloss
burn, shine, warm, swallow, smoulder, drink, smolder, swell, warm up, gulp
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
飲
Emoji
🔥
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- belly English
- bowl English
- flagon English
- forswallow English
- midswallow English
- pig English
- pigswill English
- pot 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
- swill-belly English
- swill-bowl English
- swill-flagon English
- swill-pot English
- swill-tub English
- swillbelly English
- swiller English
- tub English
- unswallow English
- woodswallow English
- silva Latin
- εἵλη Ancient Greek
- *swel- Proto-Indo-European
- *swelk- Proto-Indo-European
- *sulī Proto-Germanic
- *swalaz Proto-Germanic
- *swalī Proto-Germanic
- *swelaną Proto-Germanic
- *sweltaną Proto-Germanic
- *swiljaną Proto-Germanic
- swillan Old English
- swilen Middle English
- swolowen Middle English
- хӯрдан Persian
- *swar- Proto-Indo-Iranian