Etymology Explorer › Old Norse

Where does “sverð” come from?

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

sverð (Old Norse): sword

Definitions

  1. sword

Ancestry of “sverð”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sverð”

  • svärd
  • sverd
  • sverdfisk
  • sverd
  • sværd
  • sværddrager
  • sverðfiskur
  • sverð
  • sværþ
  • swærth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēr- →