Where does “swær” come from?

swær (Middle High German) comes from Old High German swār, from Proto-West Germanic swār, from Proto-Germanic swēraz, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

Ancestry of “swær”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanswārheavy
2Proto-West Germanicswārheavy
3Proto-Germanicswērazheavy; grave, grievous, serious, important
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy

Words derived from “swær”

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