English
swelt
Swelt comes from Middle English swelten ‘to die’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sweltaną‘to die’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sweltanreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sweltan‘to die’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500swelten‘to die’
- Englishearliest quotation 1567swelt
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sweltaną‘to die’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sweltanreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sweltan‘to die’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500swelten‘to die’
- Englishearliest quotation 1567swelt
Earliest quotation: 1567, Arthur Golding; Ovid's Metamorphoses Boo: “Immediatly in smoldering heate of Love the t'one did…”.
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną
Today it means
verb To die.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *sweltaną / swelt