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Wiktionary doesn't mention it for either word, but it looks to be cognate with German schweigen, "to be silent": https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/schweigen https
by SilasX 8mo ago
Wiktionary doesn't mention it for either word, but it looks to be cognate with German schweigen, "to be silent":
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/schweigen https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/schweigen
- thaumasiotes 8mo agoWell, wiktionary does call them cognates, if you follow the links around. Old English swige < proto-West-Germanic swiga ; German schweigen < proto-West-Germanic swigen < swiga (Following the links around on wiktionary may, in general, lead to self-contradictory results.)
- niwis 8mo agoIn Limburgs, still today: Zwieg!: Shut up, zwiegen: Not saying anything.