Where does “swearm” come from?

swearm (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic swarmaz, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

swearm (Old English): swarm

Definitions

  1. swarm

Ancestry of “swearm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswarmazswarm; dizziness
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy

Words derived from “swearm”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēr- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swarmaz →