Where does “swearcian” come from?

swearcian (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *swarkōn, from Proto-Germanic swerkaną, from Proto-Indo-European swerg-, from Proto-Indo-European sēr-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

swearcian (Old English): to make or become dark

Definitions

  1. to make or become dark

Ancestry of “swearcian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*swarkōn—
2Proto-Germanicswerkanąto darken, be obscured
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswerg-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-to flow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “swearcian”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sēr- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swerg- →