swær
Old English
adj
Definitions
- heavy
- oppressive, grievous
- sad
- (said of physical or mental activities) lazy, indolent, slow
Etymology
Inherited from *swār inherited from Proto-Germanic *swēraz (heavy).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swēraz
Gloss
heavy
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
重
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Schwere German
- Schwergewicht German
- Schwerkraft German
- Schwermut German
- Schwerpunkt German
- Schwerwasser German
- Schweröl German
- bedeutungsschwer German
- bleischwer German
- milliardenschwer German
- millionenschwer German
- schwer German
- schwerfallen German
- schwerhörig German
- schwerkrank German
- schwerkriegsbeschädigt German
- schwerlich German
- schwerlöslich German
- schwerreich German
- schwertun German
- tonnenschwer German
- zwaar Dutch, Flemish
- zwaargewicht Dutch, Flemish
- zwaarlijvig Dutch, Flemish
- zwaarmoedig Dutch, Flemish
- zwaarte Dutch, Flemish
- zwaartouw Dutch, Flemish
- zwaarwichtig Dutch, Flemish
- *swer- Proto-Indo-European
- *swēraz Proto-Germanic
- försvåra Swedish
- svår Swedish
- svårmod Swedish
- swǣr Old English
- svárr Old Norse
- swaer Middle Dutch
- swâer Middle Dutch
- swar Old High German
- swār Old High German
- swaar Afrikaans
- swær Middle High German
- 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃 Gothic
- *swār gmw-pro
- *swār Old Dutch
- svar Old Swedish
- swier Western Frisian
- swierte Western Frisian
- svaar Jutish