swink · noun1
- Old English · inherited fromswinc“toil, work, effort; hardship; the produce of labour”
- Middle English · inherited fromswink
- English todayswink
From Middle English swink, from Old English swinc (“toil, work, effort; hardship; the produce of labour”).
swink · verb2
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*swinkaną“to swing, bend”
- Old English · inherited fromswincan“to labour, work”
- Middle English · inherited fromswynken
- English todayswink
From Middle English swynken, from Old English swincan (“to labour, work”), from Proto-Germanic *swinkaną (“to swing, bend”). Cognate with Old Norse svinka (“to work”).
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