swellen
Middle English
/ˈswɛlən/
verb
Definitions
- To swell; to grow or become bigger or stronger:
- To experience intense emotions:
- To rise, to go above its previous position.
- (euphemistic) To become gassy or windy.
- (rare) To become aroused.
- (rare) To enliven; to make more lively.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English swellan (swell) inherited from Proto-Germanic *swellaną (swell).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swellaną
Gloss
swell
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- groundswell English
- outswell English
- overswell English
- preswell English
- reswell English
- swell English
- swellability English
- swellable English
- swelldom English
- sweller English
- swellest English
- swelleth English
- swellfish English
- swellhead English
- swellish English
- swellness English
- swellshark English
- swelltoad English
- swelly English
- underswell English
- unswell English
- upswell English
- schwellen German
- swell Portuguese
- *swall Proto-Germanic
- *swellaną Proto-Germanic
- *swullanaz Proto-Germanic
- swellan Old English
- swell Middle English
- swellynge Middle English
- svella Old Norse
- giswulst Old High German
- swellan Old High German
- swulst Middle High German
- *swellan Old Dutch
- swellan Old Saxon
- swella Old Frisian