swarm
English
/swɔɹm/, /swɔːm/
noun
Definitions
- A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
- A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.
- (computing) A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English swarm inherited from Old English swearm (multitude, swarm) inherited from Proto-Germanic *swarmaz (swarm, dizziness) derived from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (hum, buzz, fester, cut, whistling, ringing, swear, heavy, ache, resound, protect, pole, guard, stick, serious, speak loudly, speak, ring, grave, hiss, talk, whistle) inherited from Middle English swarmen inherited from Old English swierman (swarm) inherited from Proto-Germanic *swarmijaną (swarm).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swarmijaną
Gloss
swarm
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterswarm English
- aswarm English
- bee English
- beeswarm English
- multiswarm English
- nanoswarm English
- overswarm English
- spore English
- subswarm English
- susurrus English
- swarmer English
- swarmeth English
- swarminess English
- swarmspore English
- swarmy English
- upswarm English
- surdus Latin
- surus Latin
- susurrus Latin
- Fischschwarm German
- Schwarm German
- Schwärmer German
- Schwärmerei German
- ausschwärmen German
- schwärmen German
- bijenzwerm Dutch, Flemish
- meteorenzwerm Dutch, Flemish
- omzwermen Dutch, Flemish
- sprinkhanenzwerm Dutch, Flemish
- sterrenzwerm Dutch, Flemish
- zwerm Dutch, Flemish
- zwermen Dutch, Flemish
- ссора Russian
- *su̯r̥dhom Proto-Indo-European
- *swer- Proto-Indo-European
- *swer-yo-s Proto-Indo-European
- *andaswarō Proto-Germanic
- *andswara- Proto-Germanic
- *swarjaną Proto-Germanic
- *swarmaz Proto-Germanic
- *swarmijaną Proto-Germanic
- *swerdą Proto-Germanic
- *swēraz Proto-Germanic
- svärm Swedish
- swearm Old English
- swerian Old English
- swierman Old English
- स्वर Sanskrit
- swarm Middle English
- swarmen Middle English
- Sverrir Old Norse
- svarmr Old Norse
- sværm Danish
- *svarъ Proto-Slavic
- swarm Middle Dutch
- swarm Old High German
- swerm Afrikaans
- swermen Middle High German
- Schwaarm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *swarm Old Dutch
- *swerwos Proto-Celtic
- *swárati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sværmber Old Swedish
- *swarm Old Frisian
- Swoorm Saterland Frisian