Etymology

swallet

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Today it means: A sinkhole; a shakehole. Full definition →

German Schwall
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The story

  1. German · derived fromSchwall“a sea swell”
  2. English todayswallet

Compare German Schwall (“a sea swell”), from schwellen (“to swell”). See English swell.

Words from the same roots

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Schwall

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