swallow — swallow1 swallowable, adj. swallower, n. /swol oh/, v.t. 1. to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances. 2. to take in so as to envelop; withdraw from… … Universalium
schwelgen — Vsw (früher Vst.) std. stil. (8. Jh.), mhd. swelgen, swelhen, ahd. swelgan, swelahan, mndd. swelgen, swelligen, mndl. swelgen Stammwort. Aus g. * swelg a Vst. verschlingen , auch in anord. svelga, ae. swelgan. Falls die deutschen Nebenformen mit… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
swallow — {{11}}swallow (n.) migratory bird (family Hirundinidae), O.E. swealwe, from P.Gmc. *swalwon (Cf. O.S., O.N., O.Fris., Swed. svala, Dan. svale, M.Du. zwalewe, Du. zwaluw, O.H.G. swalawa, Ger. Schwalbe), from PIE *swol wi (Cf. Rus. solowej, Slovak… … Etymology dictionary