sweer
Afrikaans
verb
Definitions
- to swear
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish zweren (swear, vow) inherited from Middle Dutch sweren inherited from Old Dutch *swerien inherited from Proto-Germanic *swarjaną (swear, speak) 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
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- surdus Latin
- surus Latin
- susurrus Latin
- afzweren Dutch, Flemish
- bezweren Dutch, Flemish
- samenzweren Dutch, Flemish
- zweren Dutch, Flemish
- ссора Russian
- *su̯r̥dhom Proto-Indo-European
- *swer- Proto-Indo-European
- *swer-yo-s Proto-Indo-European
- *andaswarō Proto-Germanic
- *andswara- Proto-Germanic
- *swaranaz Proto-Germanic
- *swarjaną Proto-Germanic
- *swarmaz Proto-Germanic
- *swerdą Proto-Germanic
- *swēraz Proto-Germanic
- *swōraz Proto-Germanic
- swerian Old English
- स्वर Sanskrit
- swarmen Middle English
- Sverrir Old Norse
- svar Old Norse
- sverja Old Norse
- *svarъ Proto-Slavic
- sweren Middle Dutch
- swēren Middle Dutch
- sweren Old High German
- 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *swarjan gmw-pro
- *swerien Old Dutch
- sweren Old Dutch
- *swerwos Proto-Celtic
- *swárati Proto-Indo-Iranian