English
forswat
Forswat comes from Old English *forswǣtan ‘to sweat excessively’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*forswǣtan‘to sweat excessively’reconstructed
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150*forswǣttreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forswat
- Englishearliest quotation 1579same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*forswǣtan‘to sweat excessively’reconstructed
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150*forswǣttreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forswat
- Englishearliest quotation 1579same form
Earliest quotation: 1579, Edmund Spenser: “She is my Goddess plain, And I her Shepherd's…”
Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘before, in front of’
Proto-Germanic *fra- ‘off, away’
Proto-West Germanic *fra- ‘forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or…’
English for-
Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- ‘to sweat’
Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- ‘to sweat’
Proto-Germanic *swait-
Old English swāt
Middle English swete ‘blood’
English sweat
Every English word from Old English *forswǣtan
Today it means
adj Overheated; covered with sweat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English *forswǣtan / forswat