Etymograph

English

swingless

From swing + -less.

Formed from swing + -less

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

Today it means

adj Without a swinging motion or action.

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

Etymograph / swingless