English

forsweal

Forsweal comes from Old English forswǣlan ‘to burn, burn up, inflame, consume’, and goes back to swǣlan.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from for- + sweal

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 *swel-

Proto-Germanic *swelaną ‘to burn’

Proto-West Germanic *swelan ‘to burn’

Old English swelan ‘to burn, be burnt up, inflame’

Middle English swelen ‘to burn’

English sweal

Every English word from Old English swǣlan

verb To burn up.

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