Where does “svárr” come from?

svárr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic swēraz, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

svárr (Old Norse): hard, heavy

Definitions

  1. hard, heavy

Ancestry of “svárr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswērazheavy; grave, grievous, serious, important
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy

Words derived from “svárr”

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