swart
Middle English
/swart/
adj
Definitions
- Dark, oppressive, blackened.
- Black; swart.
- (rare) Evil, malign.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sweart (black) derived from *swart derived from Proto-Germanic *swartaz (black, dark-coloured).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swartaz
Gloss
black, dark-coloured
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
黒
Emoji
🐃 🐈⬛ 🕋 🖤 🦓
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forswart English
- swart English
- swartback English
- swarten English
- swarthy English
- swartish English
- swartness English
- swarty English
- schwarz German
- zwart Dutch, Flemish
- *swerd- Proto-Indo-European
- *swordo- Proto-Indo-European
- *swordos Proto-Indo-European
- *swordós Proto-Indo-European
- *swórdos Proto-Indo-European
- *swartaz Proto-Germanic
- colsweart Old English
- hræfnsweart Old English
- sweart Old English
- sweartian Old English
- sweartnes Old English
- swartish Middle English
- swartnesse Middle English
- svartr Old Norse
- swart Middle Dutch
- swarz Old High German
- swarz Middle High German
- 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- *swart gmw-pro
- *swart Old Dutch
- swart Old Dutch
- swart Middle Low German
- swart Old Saxon
- swart Scots
- swart Old Frisian
- swart German Low German
- schwatt Low German
- schbòrz Mòcheno
- schwatz Pennsylvania German
- schwarz Hunsrik
- zwart Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish
- zwort West Flemish