Etymograph

English

swingletree

From swingle + tree.

A compound of swingle + tree

Proto-Germanic *swingiljō

Proto-West Germanic *swingillju

Old English swingel ‘whip, scourge’

Middle English swingel

English swingle

Proto-Indo-European *dóru

Proto-Germanic *trewą

Proto-West Germanic *treu

Old English trēo ‘tree’

Middle English trau

English tree

Today it means

noun —

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “swingletree”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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