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.

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Proto-Indo-European

Root

*swer-

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

Derived terms

► Terms derived from the PIE root *swer- (ache)

• *swer- (root present)
  • Germanic: *sweraną (see there for further descendants)
• *swer-wos
  • Celtic: *swerwos (“bitter”)
    • Brythonic: *hwerw
      • Old Breton: hueru
        • Breton: c’houero
      • Cornish: wherow
      • Middle Welsh: chwerw
        • Welsh: chwerw
    • Old Irish: serb
      • Irish: searbh
      • Scottish Gaelic: searbh
• *swer-tó- or *swer-dʰo-
  • Germanic: (unclear, requiring an additional original sense 'to cut') *swerdą (“sword”) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Germanic: *swerô
    • Old High German: swero
      • German: Schwäre

Root

*swer-

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

Derived terms

► Terms derived from the PIE root *swer- (swear)

• *swér- (root present)
  • Indo-Iranian: *swárati
    • Indo-Aryan: *swárati
      • Sanskrit: स्वरति (svárati)
• *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:
    • Slavic: *svarъ
      • Old Church Slavonic: сваръ (svarŭ)
    • Slavic: *svariti
      • Old Church Slavonic: сварити (svariti)
  • Italic:
    • Latin: (possibly) surdus (“deaf”)
    • Latin: (perhaps) susurrus (“whisper, rustle”)
    • Oscan: (possibly) [Term?] (sverruneí, “speaker?”, dative singular)

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