Where does “swerkaną” come from?

swerkaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European swerg-, from Proto-Indo-European sēr-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

swerkaną (Proto-Germanic): to darken, be obscured

Definitions

  1. to darken, be obscured

Ancestry of “swerkaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanswerg-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-to flow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “swerkaną”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sēr- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swerg- →