Where does “zwaartouw” come from?
zwaartouw (Dutch) comes from Dutch zwaar, from Middle Dutch swâer, from Old Dutch swār, from Proto-West Germanic swār, from Proto-Germanic swēraz, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.
zwaartouw (Dutch): left-winding cable, especially used for anchor cables and mooring lines
Definitions
- left-winding cable, especially used for anchor cables and mooring lines
Ancestry of “zwaartouw”, step by step
zwaartouw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.