swern
Middle High German
verb
Definitions
- to swear
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German swerien inherited from *swarjan inherited from Proto-Germanic *swarjaną (swear, speak).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swarjaną
Gloss
swear, speak
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
話
Emoji
🤬
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- swear English
- abschwören German
- beschwören German
- einschwören German
- schwören German
- verschwören German
- *swer- Proto-Indo-European
- *swaranaz Proto-Germanic
- *swarjaną Proto-Germanic
- *swōraz Proto-Germanic
- swerian Old English
- forsweren Middle English
- sweren Middle English
- swerer Middle English
- sweryng Middle English
- svar Old Norse
- sverja Old Norse
- sweren Old High German
- swerien Old High German
- schwieren Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *swarjan gmw-pro
- *swerien Old Dutch
- sweren Old Dutch
- swerian Old Saxon
- schwere Alemannic German
- swera Old Frisian