Where does “cweorran” come from?
cweorran (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic kwerraną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- — to swallow, devour, eat.
Ancestry of “cweorran”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | kwerraną | to devour, glut |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷerh₃- | to swallow, devour, eat |
Words derived from “cweorran”