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Well, wiktionary does call them cognates, if you follow the links around.

Old English swige < proto-West-Germanic swiga ; German schweigen < proto-West-Germanic swigen < swiga

(Following the links around on wiktionary may, in general, lead to self-contradictory results.)

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