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English

Schwung

Schwung comes from German Schwung ‘a swinging motion, sweep’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *swinganą.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*swinganą‘to swing’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*swingan‘to swing’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050swingan
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350swingen‘to swing’
  5. Middle High German, derivedc. 1050–1350swunc
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentSchwung‘a swinging motion, sweep’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1901same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*swinganą‘to swing’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*swingan‘to swing’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050swingan
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350swingen‘to swing’
  5. Middle High German, derivedc. 1050–1350swunc
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentSchwung‘a swinging motion, sweep’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1901same form

Earliest quotation: 1901, Edwing Waugh, The Lancashire Memorial: “Now in regard to the points here raised by…”

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *swinganą ‘to swing’

swing, swank, 1 more

Today it means

noun Drive, energy, or verve.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *swinganą / Schwung

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