Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• swaert
• sweert

Noun

swert n ‎(stem swerd-)

1. sword

Descendants

• Dutch: zwaard

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German swert, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą, whence also Middle Dutch swert, Middle English swerd and Old Norse sverð. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swer- ‎(“to fester, to cut”).^[1]

Noun

swert n

1. sword

Descendants

• German: Schwert
• Yiddish: שווערד ‎(shverd)

References

1. ↑ Pfeifer, Wolfgang. 1995, 2005. Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen. München: dtv. ISBN 3423325119.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swerdą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swer- ‎(“to cut, to fester”). Compare Old Saxon swerd, Old High German swert, Old Frisian swerd, Old English sweord, Old Norse sverð.

Noun

swert n

1. sword

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: swert, swaert
  • Dutch: zwaard

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swerdą, whence also Old Saxon swerd, Old Dutch swert, Old English sweord, swyrd, Old Frisian swerd and Old Norse sverð. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swer- ‎(“to fester, to cut”).^[1]

Noun

swert n

1. sword

Descendants

• Middle High German swert
  • German: Schwert
  • Yiddish: שווערד ‎(shverd)

References

1. ↑ Pfeifer, Wolfgang. 1995, 2005. Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen. München: dtv. ISBN 3423325119.