Words that come from Proto-Germanic swarō

204 words across 21 languages descend from Proto-Germanic swarō — including answer, answering, swear, sway, swaying, answerable, unanswerable, answereth.

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English (68)

Swedish (65)

Middle English (13)

Danish (11)

Norwegian Bokmål (10)

Norwegian Nynorsk (7)

Old English (6)

Faroese (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Old Norse (3)

Icelandic (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Spanish (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Old High German (1)

Old East Slavic (1)

Middle High German (1)

Hausa (1)

German (1)

Indonesian (1)