swinge

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*swangijan“to cause to swing”
2. Old English · inherited fromswenġan“to dash, strike; to cause to swing”
3. Middle English · inherited fromswengen“to strike”
4. English todayswinge

From Middle English swengen (“to strike”), from Old English swenġan (“to dash, strike; to cause to swing”), from Proto-West Germanic *swangijan (“to cause to swing”).

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