swollen

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*swellaną“to swell”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*swullanaz
3. Old English · inherited fromswollen
4. Middle English · inherited fromswollen
5. English todayswollen

From Middle English swollen, i-swolle, y-swolle, yswolle, ȝeswollen, from Old English swollen, ġeswollen, from Proto-Germanic *swullanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”). Cognate with West Frisian swollen (“swollen”), Dutch gezwollen (“swollen”), German geschwollen (“swollen”), Swedish svullen (“swollen”).

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