English

forswing

Forswing comes from Middle English forswingen.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from for- + swing ‘to swing, beat’

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 *swenk-

Proto-Germanic *swinganą ‘to swing’

Proto-West Germanic *swingan ‘to swing’

Old English swingan ‘to swinge, flog, beat, scourge’

Middle English swyngen ‘to flog, beat, or scourge’

English swing

Every English word from Middle English forswingen

verb To beat; whip.

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