Proto-Germanic: *swigVlō(n), *swigVlōn- vb.; *swigliēn
Meaning: play the flute
Gothic: *swiglōn wk. `play the flute'; *swiglja m. (n) `flute player'
Old English: swegalōn `play the flute', swegalāri m. `flute player'; swegl-horn st. n. `wind instrument'
Old High German: { swegala, swegula f. `reed, flute' }
Middle High German: swëgel(e) wk. f. 'eine art flöte; röhre, speiseröhre', swëgelen wk. 'pfeifen, blasen', swëgelbein st. n. 'knochenrohr als pfeife'