swive

From Middle English swiven, from Old English swīfan ‎(“to move, sweep, wend, revolve”), from Proto-Germanic *swībaną ‎(“to wipe, sweep”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)weyp-, *(s)weyb- ‎(“to twist, wind around, swing, sweep, bend”). Cognate with Old Frisian swīva, swīfa ‎(“to waver”), Old Norse svīfa ‎(“to drift, ramble, rove”), Norwegian Nynorsk sviva ‎(“to rotate, wander”). Related to Old English swift ‎(“swift”), Middle English swyvel ‎(“swivel”).