swind
Middle English
verb
Definitions
- To languish, waste away, also disappear, vanish.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English swindan (languish, waste away) inherited from Proto-Germanic *swindaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swindaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Schwindsucht German
- dahinschwinden German
- entschwinden German
- schwinden German
- verschwinden German
- verzwinden Dutch, Flemish
- zwendelen Dutch, Flemish
- zwinden Dutch, Flemish
- forsvinn Norwegian Bokmål
- *swindaną Proto-Germanic
- *swindlōną Proto-Germanic
- försvinna Swedish
- svinna Swedish
- forsvinn Norwegian Nynorsk
- swindan Old English
- *svína Old Norse
- forsvinde Danish
- svinde Danish
- swinden Middle Dutch
- swintan Old High German
- swīnan Old High German
- swinden Middle High German
- *swindan Old Dutch
- vorswinden Middle Low German
- swinnen Low German
- verswinnen Low German