Where does “swurd” come from?

swurd (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian swerd, from Proto-West Germanic swerd, from Proto-Germanic swerdą, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

swurd (West Frisian): sword

Definitions

  1. sword

Ancestry of “swurd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianswerd—
2Proto-West Germanicswerdsword
3Proto-Germanicswerdąsword
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēr- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swerdą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic swerd →
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