Oh, here's a token googled etymology (one of these days a complete set of the OED will be mine):
swaddle
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English swadlen, probably back-formation from swadling (band), swaddling (cloth), or swathelbonde, both from *swathelen, probably frequentative of Old English swathian, to swathe.
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Date: 2004-07-05 10:05 am (UTC)swaddle
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English swadlen, probably back-formation from swadling (band), swaddling (cloth), or swathelbonde, both from *swathelen, probably frequentative of Old English swathian, to swathe.