Where does “sweartnes” come from?

sweartnes (Old English) comes from Old English sweart, from Proto-West Germanic swart, from Proto-Germanic swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European swordo- — dirty, dark, black.

sweartnes (Old English): blackness

Definitions

  1. blackness

Ancestry of “sweartnes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsweartblack
2Proto-West Germanicswartblack
3Proto-Germanicswartazblack
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswordo-dirty, dark, black

Words derived from “sweartnes”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swordo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swartaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic swart →