su̯el-1(k-)

    su̯el-1(k-)

    English meaning: to swallow, eat, drink

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schlingen, essen, trinken”? Nur Iran. and Gmc.?

    Material: Av. x ̌ar- “ enjoy, consume “; Eng. swill “ devour, drink greedily “ (also “ swill, flush “, as O.E. swillan, swillian), M.L.G. swellen “ live excessively “, Ice. sollr “ carousal “; Nor. soll “ milk with lump bread “, O.Ice. hrǣ sollr “ blood “ (“*wet and lumpy “); O.Ice. sollr “ swill, liquid or partly liquid food, chiefly kitchen refuse, used for pigfood, pigswill “ (which has also the meaning in Eng. swill ); maybe Alb. (*swill) sillë “food, breakfast”, (*swell) gjellë “food, dish” [common Alb. s- > gjshift] similar to alb (*sak) gjak “blood”. from an extension su̯elk-: O.H.G. swelhan and swelgan “ swallow, drink “, O.E. swelgan, O.Ice. svelga, Ger. schwelgen; O.Ice. svelgr “ whirlpool, eddy, devourer, glutton “, M.L.G. M.H.G. swalch “ throat “, Ger. Schwalch “ Opening of the furnace “, nd. swalgen “ suffocate “; Swe. svalg, svulg “ throat “, O.Ice. sylgr “ gulp “. Maybe Alb. (*svel) vel “overeat, eat too much” [the common Alb. shift SV > V], vjell “vomit (from eating too much”.

    References: WP. II 530, Specht KZ 66, 25 f.;

    See also: compare above S. 901 and under s. v. u̯elk-.