Where does “sword” come from?

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

sword (Old English): Alternative form of sweord

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of sweord

Ancestry of “sword”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsweorda sword
2Proto-Germanicswerdąsword
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy

Words derived from “sword”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēr- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swerdą →Every word from Old English sweord →
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