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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/swer-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*swer- [1]

  1. to ache
  2. to fester
  3. wound; injury

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*swer-_(ache)' title='Category:Terms derived from the PIE root *swer- (ache)'>Terms derived from the PIE root *swer- (ache)</a>
  • *swer- (root present)
    • Germanic: *sweraną (see there for further descendants)
  • *swer-wos
  • *swer-tó- or *swer-dʰo-
    • Germanic: (unclear, requiring an additional original sense 'to cut') *swerdą (“sword”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:

Root

*swer- [2][3]

  1. to resound; ringing, whistling
  2. to speak loudly
  3. to swear

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*swer-_(swear)' title='Category:Terms derived from the PIE root *swer- (swear)'>Terms derived from the PIE root *swer- (swear)</a>
  • *swér- (root present)
  • *swor-ye- (o-grade ye-present)
    • Germanic: *swarjaną (“to swear”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *swor-eh₂
    • Germanic: *swarō (“statement, oath, vow”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Balto-Slavic:
    • Italic:
      • Latin: (possibly) surdus (“deaf”)
      • Latin: (perhaps) susurrus (“whisper, rustle”)
      • Oscan: (possibly) [Term?] (sverruneí, “speaker?”, dative singular)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
  2. Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “zweren”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
  3. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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