Proto-Germanic

*swa

‘so, thus, in this manner’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *swa.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *swa, most familiar first.

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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *swa