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Where does “svarmr” come from?

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

svarmr (Old Norse): swarm

Definitions

  1. swarm

Ancestry of “svarmr”, step by step

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

Words derived from “svarmr”

  • svärm
  • sverm
  • bisverm
  • sverme
  • sverm
  • bisverm
  • sværm
  • sværmber
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēr- →