English
swaining
From swain + -ing.
Formed from swain + -ing
Proto-Indo-European *swé ‘oneself’
Proto-Germanic *swainaz ‘relative, young man, servant’
Old Norse sveinn ‘servant, lackey’
Old English sweġen ‘young man’
Middle English swayn ‘young man’
English swain
Today it means
noun Lovemaking; courtship.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / swaining