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Where does “Schwaarm” come from?

Schwaarm (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German swarm, from Proto-Germanic swarmaz, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

Schwaarm (Luxembourgish): swarm

Definitions

  1. swarm

Ancestry of “Schwaarm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanswarmswarm of bees
2Proto-Germanicswarmazswarm; dizziness
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy
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