Where does “zwaardlelie” come from?

zwaardlelie (Dutch) comes from Dutch zwaard, from Middle Dutch swert, from Old Dutch swert, from Proto-West Germanic swerd, from Proto-Germanic swerdą, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

zwaardlelie (Dutch): a gladiolus, sword lily, flowering plant of genus Gladiolus

Definitions

  1. a gladiolus, sword lily, flowering plant of genus Gladiolus

Ancestry of “zwaardlelie”, step by step

zwaardlelie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch zwaard

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchzwaardA sword, heavy blade weapon; A leeboard
2Middle Dutchswertsword
3Old Dutchswertsword
4Proto-West Germanicswerdsword
5Proto-Germanicswerdąsword
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy

via Dutch lelie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchlelieA lily; A fleur-de-lis, although botanically an...
2Middle Dutchlilie—
3Old Dutchlīlia—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēr- →