Etymograph

English

swinglike

From swing + -like.

Formed from swing + -like

Proto-Indo-European *swenk-

Proto-Germanic *swinganą ‘to swing’

Proto-West Germanic *swingan ‘to swing’

Old English swingan ‘to swinge, flog, beat, scourge’

Middle English swyngen ‘to flog, beat, or scourge’

English swing

Today it means

adj Resembling or characteristic of a swing.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “swinglike”. 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.

Etymograph / swinglike