Words that come from Proto-Germanic “swarjaną”

137 words across 26 languages descend from Proto-Germanic swarjaną — including answering, swear, sworn, swearing, forswear, forsworn, swearer, unsworn.

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English (27)

Middle English (19)

Swedish (15)

Danish (10)

German (10)

Old English (9)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Faroese (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Dutch (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

Old High German (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Old Norse (3)

Proto-West Germanic (3)

Icelandic (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Scots (2)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Middle High German (1)

Old Danish (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Old Saxon (1)