Where does “swart” come from?

swart (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch swart, from Proto-West Germanic swart, from Proto-Germanic swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European swordo- — dirty, dark, black.

swart (Middle Dutch): black

Definitions

  1. black

Ancestry of “swart”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchswartblack
2Proto-West Germanicswartblack
3Proto-Germanicswartazblack
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswordo-dirty, dark, black

Words derived from “swart”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swordo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swartaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic swart →
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