swath

== English == === Alternative forms === swathe === Etymology === From Middle English swath, swathe, from Old English swæþ, swaþu (“track; trace; footstep”), from Proto-Germanic *swaþō (“a wind-swept place; open field”), of unknown further origin. Has been derived from a Proto-Indo-European *swey- (“to bend, turn, swing”), and compared with Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “snub-nosed”) and Welsh chwil (“reeling, staggering”), though this is uncertain, as well as the Greek comparandum being unlikely. Cognate with Dutch zwade, zwad (“swath; windrow”), German Schwade (“swath; windrow”), Icelandic svæði (“area; zone; sector; region”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /swɒθ/ IPA(key): (US) /swɑθ/, /swɔθ/, (sense 2) /swɑð/, /sweɪð/, /swɔð/ Rhymes: -ɒθ === Noun === swath (plural swaths) The track cut out by a scythe in mowing. (often figuratively) A broad sweep or expanse, such as of land or of people. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === References === === Anagrams === HAWTs, Thaws, hawts, thaws, washt, waths, what's, whats == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English swaþu. ==== Noun ==== swath alternative form of swathe (“swath”) === Etymology 2 === From Old English *swaþian. ==== Verb ==== swath alternative form of swathen