Etymology Explorer › Old Danish

Where does “swæriæ” come from?

swæriæ (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse sverja, from Proto-Germanic swarjaną, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

Ancestry of “swæriæ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesverjato swear
2Proto-Germanicswarjanąto swear
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy

Words derived from “swæriæ”

  • sammensværgelse
  • sværge
  • sammensværgelsesteori
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēr- →