Proto-Indo-European

*sweyb-

‘to bend, sway, swing, sweep, swerve, turn’

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

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

• swipe ← swippen ← sweopian ← *swippjan ← *swipōną
• swipper ← swiper ← swipor ← *swipr ← *swipraz

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sweyb-