sweren
Old Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to swear (an oath)
Etymology
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
- zweren Dutch, Flemish
- *swer- Proto-Indo-European
- *swaranaz Proto-Germanic
- *swarjaną Proto-Germanic
- *swōraz Proto-Germanic
- swerian Old English
- svar Old Norse
- sverja Old Norse
- sweren Middle Dutch
- sweren Old High German
- swerien Old High German
- 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *swarjan gmw-pro
- *swerien Old Dutch
- bisweren Old Dutch
- swerian Old Saxon
- swera Old Frisian