Where does “swert” come from?

swert (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic swerd, from Proto-Germanic swerdą, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

swert (Old Dutch): sword

Definitions

  1. sword

Ancestry of “swert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicswerdsword
2Proto-Germanicswerdąsword
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy

Words derived from “swert”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēr- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swerdą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic swerd →