Proto-Germanic

*swaþō

‘a wind-swept place’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *swaþō.

2 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *swaþō, most familiar first.

• swath ← swæþ ← *swaþ
• swathe ← swaþu

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *swaþō