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Where does “swaran” come from?

swaran (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic swaranaz, from Proto-Germanic swarjaną, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

Ancestry of “swaran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswaranaz—
2Proto-Germanicswarjanąto swear
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy

Words derived from “swaran”

  • sworn
  • unsworn
  • nonsworn
  • isworen
  • sworen
  • sworen
  • ġesworen
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