Where does “sweord” come from?

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

sweord (Old English): a sword

Definitions

  1. a sword

Ancestry of “sweord”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswerdąsword
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy

Words derived from “sweord”

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