sweord
Old English
noun
Definitions
- a sword
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *swerdą (sword).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swerdą
Gloss
sword
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
刀, 剣
Emoji
⚔️ 🤺
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sword English
- *seh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *su̯r̥dhom Proto-Indo-European
- *swer- Proto-Indo-European
- sverd Norwegian Bokmål
- *swerdą Proto-Germanic
- sverd Norwegian Nynorsk
- sword Old English
- swerd Middle English
- sword Middle English
- sverð Old Norse
- sverð Icelandic
- swert Middle Dutch
- swert Old High German
- svørð Faroese
- swert Middle High German
- Schwäert Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- שווערד Yiddish
- *swerd gmw-pro
- swert Old Dutch
- swerd Old Saxon
- sværþ Old Swedish
- swurd Western Frisian
- swerd Old Frisian
- swærth Old Danish
- Swērt North Frisian