Old High German edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *swangr (heavy), further origin unknown; according to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *sʷenk-, *sunk-, see also Lithuanian sunkus (difficult, heavy, swollen).[1]

Adjective edit

swangar

  1. pregnant

Descendants edit

  • German: schwanger
  • Yiddish: שווענגערן (shvengern)

References edit

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1048, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1048