English
swoopstake
From swoop + stake.
Proto-Germanic *swaipaną ‘to sweep’
Proto-West Germanic *swaipan ‘to sweep’
Old English swāpan ‘to sweep’
Middle English swopen ‘to sweep’
English swoop
Proto-Indo-European *stog-
Proto-Germanic *stakô
Proto-West Germanic *stakō
Old English staca ‘pin, tack, stake’
Middle English stake ‘a stake’
English stake
Today it means
noun All at once, without making distinctions.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “swoopstake”. 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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