sverð
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- sword
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *swerdą (sword) 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).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swer-
Gloss
hum, buzz, fester, cut, whistling, ringing, swear, heavy, ache, resound, protect, pole, guard, stick, serious, speak loudly, speak, ring, grave, hiss, talk, whistle
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
重
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- surdus Latin
- surus Latin
- susurrus Latin
- Schwert German
- ссора Russian
- *seh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *su̯r̥dhom Proto-Indo-European
- *swer- Proto-Indo-European
- *swer-yo-s Proto-Indo-European
- sverd Norwegian Bokmål
- *andaswarō Proto-Germanic
- *andswara- Proto-Germanic
- *swarjaną Proto-Germanic
- *swarmaz Proto-Germanic
- *swerdą Proto-Germanic
- *swēraz Proto-Germanic
- svärd Swedish
- sverd Norwegian Nynorsk
- sverdfisk Norwegian Nynorsk
- sweord Old English
- swerian Old English
- sword Old English
- स्वर Sanskrit
- swarmen Middle English
- swerd Middle English
- sword Middle English
- Sverrir Old Norse
- sværd Danish
- *svarъ Proto-Slavic
- sverð Icelandic
- sverðfiskur Icelandic
- swert Old High German
- svørð Faroese
- swert Middle High German
- Schwäert Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- שווערד Yiddish
- *swerd gmw-pro
- *swerwos Proto-Celtic
- *swárati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- swerd Old Saxon
- sværþ Old Swedish
- swurd Western Frisian
- swerd Old Frisian
- swærth Old Danish
- Swērt North Frisian