swole

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*swellaną“to swell”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*swall
3. Old English · inherited fromsweall
4. Middle English · inherited fromswal
5. English todayswole

From earlier swoll, from Middle English swal, swall, swalle (simple past tense), and suoll, suolle, swalle, swol, swole, swolle, iswolle, yswolle (past participle), inflected forms of swellen (“to swell”), from Old English sweall (simple past tense), from Proto-Germanic *swall, first and third person singular preterite of Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”); further origin uncertain.

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