Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swerdô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Germanic

Etymology

From *swerdą (“sword”) +‎ *-ô (“-er”).

Noun

*swerdô m

1. a member of a Nerthus-worshipping tribe mentioned by Tacitus

Inflection

Declension of *swerdô (masculine an-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*swerdô	*swerdaniz
vocative	*swerdô	*swerdaniz
accusative	*swerdanų	*swerdanunz
genitive	*swirdiniz	*swerdanǫ̂
dative	*swirdini	*swerdammaz
instrumental	*swirdinē	*swerdammiz

Descendants

• → Latin: Suardōnēs