Proto-Indo-European

*sweh₁-

‘to sway, swing’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁-.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁-, most familiar first.

• sway ← sweyen ← *swǣġan ← *swaigijan ← *swaigijaną
• sweam ← sweem ← swemen ← *swǣman ← *swaimaz
• sweem ← swemen ← *swǣman ← *swaimijan ← *swaimijaną

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁-