Where does “swartnesse” come from?

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

swartnesse (Middle English): Blackness; the condition of being dark or swarthy

Definitions

  1. Blackness; the condition of being dark or swarthy

Ancestry of “swartnesse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsweartnesblackness
2Old Englishsweartblack
3Proto-West Germanicswartblack
4Proto-Germanicswartazblack
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswordo-dirty, dark, black

Words derived from “swartnesse”

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