swidden

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

An area of land that has been cleared by cutting the vegetation and burning it; slash and burn.

Verb

To clear an area of land by cutting and burning.

Concetti

debbio

sinonimi

field

paddy field

Traduzioni

brûlis

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈswɪdn̩/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine norse antico: sviðinn

In summary

Possibly from a dialectal form *swiden of Middle English swithen, past participle of Middle English swithen (“to burn, scorch, singe”), from Old Norse svíða (“to singe, burn”). Compare also Old Norse sviðinn (“burnt, singed”, past participle). Alternatively, from Old Norse sviðna (“to be burned”) or Old High German swedan (“to be burned”). Either way, probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swīþaną. First attested in 1868. If their respective theories align, then a distant cognate of German Schwyz, hence Swiss.