German Schwelle

← Proto-Germanic *swalī (inherited)

← Middle High German swelle (inherited)

← Old High German [[swelli]], [[swella]] (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *sel- (mention)

→ English sill (mention)

→ English underthreshold (mention)

→ English Schwellenangst (mention)

→ German Schwellenland (mention)

→ German unterschwellig (compound)

→ German Schwellenwert (compound)

→ German Schwellenpflug (compound)

→ German Hemmschwelle (compound)

→ German Schwellenreißer (compound)

→ German Schwalch (mention)

→ Luxembourgish Schwell (cognate)

→ Polish cwel (borrowed)