swike

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sweyg-“to turn, move around, wander, swing”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*swīkwaną“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*swīkwan
4. Old English · inherited fromswīcan“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”
5. Middle English · inherited fromswiken
6. English todayswike

From Middle English swiken, from Old English swīcan (“to wander, depart, cease from, yield, give way, fail, fall short, be wanting, abandon, desert, turn traitor, deceive, rebel”), from Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną (“to dodge, swerve, avoid, betray”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyg- (“to turn, move around, wander, swing”).