Proto-Germanic: *swīgēn-, *swīgan-, *swigōn-, caus. *swigian- vb.; *swīgō(n)
Meaning: keep silent
Old English: swīgian `schweigen', sugian, suwian { swigian, swugian } `id.'; swige f.
Old Frisian: swīgia vb.; swīge f.
Old Saxon: swīgōn `schweigen'
Middle Dutch: swīghen st./wk.; sweighen, swēghen
Dutch: zwijgen
Middle Low German: swīgen st./wk.
Old High German: swīgēn (8.Jh.) `schweigen'; sweigen (um 1000). gisweigen (10.Jh.) `tot zwijgen brengen'; swīga f. (9.Jh.) `het zwijgen'
Middle High German: swīgen wk./st. 'still sein, verstummen'; swīc (-g-) st. m., swīge st./wk. f. 'das stillschweigen, verbot zu sprechen'; sweigen wk. 'schweigen machen'
German: schweigen
