Where does “verschwören” come from?

verschwören (German) comes from Middle High German versworen, from Old High German firsworan.

verschwören (German): to conspire

Definitions

  1. to conspire

Ancestry of “verschwören”, step by step

verschwören traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German versworen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanversworen—
2Old High Germanfirsworan—

via Middle High German verswern

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanverswern—

Words derived from “verschwören”

Every word from Old High German firsworan →Every word from Middle High German versworen →
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