svart

Swedish

/¹svart/

adj
Definitions
  • black
  • illegal; in avoidance of taxes

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish svarter inherited from Old Norse svartr (black) inherited from Proto-Germanic *swartaz (black, dark-coloured) derived from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (dirty, black, dark).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*swordo-

Gloss

dirty, black, dark

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Property

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