Proto-Germanic

*sweltaną

‘to die’

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

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

• swelter ← swelteren ← swelten ← sweltan ← *sweltan
• forswelt ← forswelten ← forsweltan ← sweltan ← *sweltan
• swelt ← swelten ← sweltan ← *sweltan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *sweltaną