çekim: geçmiş zwaaiden · ortaç gezwaaid · şimdiki zwaait · ulaç zwaaiend
köken: 16th century. Predominantly considered an alteration of waaien (“to wave, blow”) after certain words for swinging motions with initial zw-. Specifically perhaps a merger of waaien with zwenken (“to sway, swing”). Another theory derives it from rare Middle Dutch swaden, swayen (“to scythe, swing a scythe”), which is cognate with English swath. Relation with Old Norse sveigja and English sway, is…