swoll

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 fromswall
5. English todayswoll

From Middle English swall, swal, from Old English sweall, from Proto-Germanic *swall, first and third person singular preterit of Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”).

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