Where does “swāri” come from?

swāri (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic swār, from Proto-Germanic swēraz, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

Ancestry of “swāri”, step by step

swāri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic swār

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

via Proto-Germanic swēriz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswēriz—

Words derived from “swāri”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēr- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swēraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic swār →