su̯eng-, su̯enk- : su̯eg-, su̯ek- (*ĝʷheng- : kṣu̯eng-)

    su̯eng-, su̯enk- : su̯eg-, su̯ek- (*ĝʷheng- : kṣu̯eng-)

    English meaning: to bend

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “biegen; drehend schwingen, schwenken”

    Material: O.Ind. svájatē, -ti (svaŋkṣ yate) “umschlingt”, participle svaktá-, pariṣvakta- = Av. pairišx ̌vaxta- “rings umschlossen”; O.Ir. seng “ slim “ (“*pliable”), Celt. PN Singi-dūnum; (Illyricum today Belgrade?) M.H.G. M.L.G. swanc “pliable, slim, fine, schmächtig”, O.E. swancor “pliable, schmächtig”; Nor. svekk, svokk f. (*swank-i̯ō, -ō) “cavity the Fußsohle”, Dan. Swe. swank “valley, cavity”; O.E. swincan “work, sich quälen” (eig. ‘sich winden by the Arbeit”), Kaus. swencan “ plague, afflict “ (swenc m. “ affliction “), O.H.G. M.H.G. swenken ‘schwingen lassen, toss, fling”, Ger. schwenken; M.H.G. swank (-k-) “ turn, Schwung, prank, Einfall”, Ger. Schwank; besides Gmc. *sweng- (IE *su̯enk-): O.H.G. O.S. swingan “(sich) schwingen, fly”, O.S. swingan (swinga “club, mace, joint”), O.E. swingan “hit, peitschen, sich schwingen”; Kaus. Goth. af-swaggwjan ‘schwankend make” (?), O.E. swengan ‘sich schwingen”, M.H.G. swanc, swunc (-g-) ‘schwingende movement, Schwang, Schwung”; M.L.G. M.H.G. swengel ‘schwengel”; O.Ice. svangr “thin, narrow, tight, slim, slender, thin “, M.H.G. swanger “ slim “; O.Ice. svangi m. “die Leisten, groin, flank “ (“incurvation “); nasallos: Nor. svaga, svagra “waver, swerve “, svagga ‘schwankend go”, O.Ice. sveggja “(ein ship) wenden”; M.L.G. swak “pliable, thin, weak”, M.H.G. swach “evil, bad, miserable, feeble, weak”, M.L.G. swaken also “wobble, sway” (as swanken).

    References: WP. II 526 f.;

    See also: compare also seu- and suē̯ (̆ i)- “bend”.